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From the Ted Talk by Michelle Mehrtens: The historic women's suffrage march on Washington

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Their mistreatment, widely reported throughout the country, catapulted the parade into the public eye— and garnered suffragists _______ sympathy. National newspapers lambasted the police, and Congressional hearings investigated their actions during the parade. After the _______, the "Women’s Journal" declared, “Washington has been disgraced. Equal suffrage has scored a _____ victory."

In this way, the march _________ a surge of support for women’s voting rights that endured in the coming years. ___________ kept up steady pressure on their representatives, ________ rallies, and petitioned the White _____.

Solution


  1. protest
  2. suffragists
  3. greater
  4. house
  5. attended
  6. initiated
  7. great

Original Text


Their mistreatment, widely reported throughout the country, catapulted the parade into the public eye— and garnered suffragists greater sympathy. National newspapers lambasted the police, and Congressional hearings investigated their actions during the parade. After the protest, the "Women’s Journal" declared, “Washington has been disgraced. Equal suffrage has scored a great victory."

In this way, the march initiated a surge of support for women’s voting rights that endured in the coming years. Suffragists kept up steady pressure on their representatives, attended rallies, and petitioned the White House.

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