Ohio’s State Test Practice  (Student Book pages 43–50)
ANSWER ANALYSIS
Informational Passage Answer Analysis
1 Part A: Choice A is correct. States like Wyoming gave women
voting rights, while other states withheld them. Choice B is
incorrect because, as the article says, “states in the South and
the North were reluctant” to allow women to vote. Choice C is
incorrect because some Western states extended voting rights to
women. Choice D is not supported by the text. (RI.8.1; DOK 3)
Part B: Choice D is correct. This statement shows that certain
states granted suffrage, regardless of what other states allowed.
Choices A and B describe two arguments surrounding suffrage,
but not whether states were free to enact it independently.
Choice C introduces the idea of a single state having an effect
on the debate, but it is not the best support because it mentions
just one state (Wyoming) instead of “several states” as choice D
does. (RI.8.1; DOK 3)
2 Students should underline the sentence “About forty men also
attended the convention.” There are no details in paragraph 3
that support the inference that some men supported the
women’s suffrage movement. Students may have chosen the
sentence about Frederick Douglass, but it only describes the
support of one man, not “some men.” The fact that forty men
attended the women’s rights convention supports the inference
that at least some men supported women’s rights.
(RI.8.1; DOK 3)
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3 Part A: Choice B is correct. It correctly states the central idea of
paragraph 12: many Americans changed their opinions about
women’s roles because of the work they did in World War I.
Choice A is incorrect. It explains that women helped during
World War I, but it does not state the central idea of the
paragraph, which is that the work changed many Americans’
opinions about the place of women in American society.
Choice C is incorrect. Paragraph 13, not paragraph 12, is about
the Nineteenth Amendment. Choice D is incorrect. The fact that
the major political parties supported suffrage after the war is a
detail from the paragraph, but it does not state the central idea
of the paragraph. (RI.8.2a; DOK 2)
Part B: Choice C is correct. The fact that many women had
proven themselves equal to men helped shift public opinion
about women’s roles. Choices A and D are merely facts about
when the war began and ended. Choice B may have contributed
to the shift in opinion, but it, too, is a fact about the situation at
the time, not evidence as to why many Americans changed their
opinions about women’s roles in American society. (RI.8.2a;
DOK 2)
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4 The correct answer is D. A central idea in the passage is that some people in the women’s
suffrage movement wanted to secure voting rights for all citizens, including women and
African Americans. Choice A is incorrect as it is not an objective statement. Choices B and C
are incorrect because both are supporting details rather than central ideas that should be
included in a summary. (RI.8.2b; DOK 2)
5 Sample response: “The Great Divide” develops the central idea that getting women the right
to vote was a long and difficult process by describing many of the efforts the women’s suffrage
movement undertook from the mid-1800s to 1920. For example, the passage identifies the
1848 Seneca Falls meeting, the 1890 merger of two major women’s suffrage groups, and
the 1920 passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. It also describes the different strategies the
suffrage movement used. For example, one group worked to change federal voting laws, while
another group focused on changing state laws. (RI.8.2a; DOK 3)
6 The correct answers are B and E. The groups’ common goals and that Mott and Stanton were
abolitionists are both direct evidence of the connection between the women’s suffrage
movement and the abolitionist movement. Choices A, C, and D are all correct statements
about information in the passage, but they do not help readers understand the connection
between the movements for abolition and women’s suffrage. (RI.8.3; DOK 2)
7 Students should underline the sentence “It was like sitting in a row boat without any oars.”
Women were considered citizens but they were not allowed to vote. This meant that though
they lived in the United States and obeyed the laws, they had no say in who ran the
government. They had no effect on anyone around them. In this analogy, they are being
compared to someone who sits in a boat without any oars. Without oars, you can’t control
where you’re headed—you just float. (RI.8.3; DOK 2)

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Extended Response
8 Use this writing prompt to prepare for Ohio’s State Test Extended Response.
Sample response: The author discusses several women who fought for the right to vote. Many
of these women differed in their approaches to achieving this goal. Some worked through
organizations, while others took individual stands.
Some women fought for suffrage by organizing large-scale conventions or organizations. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott brought attention to the issue by setting up the first women’s rights
convention. Organizations also helped spread the word, but not all the organizations attempted to
secure the vote in the same manner. The National Woman Suffrage Association, established by
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, worked to change voting laws at the federal level. On the other
hand, the American Woman Suffrage Association, started by Lucy Stone, tried to get states to
amend their constitutions to allow women to vote.
Individuals also tried to use certain laws to argue that women should have the right to vote.
Virginia Louisa Minor and Victoria Woodhull believed that under the Fourteenth Amendment,
which granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States, women should be able to vote.
However, their attempts to argue this point in court were defeated. No matter how they went about
trying to secure the vote, all these women were connected in their belief that women should have
the same rights as men. (RI.8.3; DOK 3)

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