After reading the Contexts & Connections essay in this chapter, research the topic further by taking a look at the following links. Suggested essay questions follow to help you digest this material.

Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage

Location: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/suff.html

Description: Frederick Douglass calls on congress to grant African Americans the right to vote.

1.			What arguments did Frederick Douglass make in favor of African-American suffrage? Are they persuasive? Why or why not?

Militant Suffragist, 1913

Location: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1913pankhurst.html

Description: Emmeline Pankhurst argues in favor of women's suffrage.

2.			How does Emmeline Pankhurst characterize the struggle for women's suffrage in great Britain? Based on her statement and the textbook, how did the suffrage movement in England compare with its counterpart in the United States?