Read the excerpt from "A History of Voting Rights.” The attitudes and belief systems of the day had much to do with the limitati
on of voting rights. Women were considered ill-suited to decide upon matters of politics, as they traditionally were responsible for taking care of the home. Based on this excerpt, what is one reason that women were denied voting rights in the early 1800s? Society believed they would outnumber the number of men who voted. Society believed they were not competent enough to understand certain issues. Society believed they were not qualified to run for public office. Society believed they would abandon their domestic responsibilities.
According to this excerpt, the reason why women were denied the right to vote in the early 1800 is because “society believed they were not competent enough to understand certain issues”. Evidence can be found in the excerpt that supports this answer “Women were considered ill-suited to decide upon matters of politics”.
The text does not make reference to the number of women that would vote. Besides, the text does not indicate that women were not qualified to run a public office. And finally, the text does not show that women would not follow their domestic responsibilities if they voted.
A complex sentence has one independent clause (the team lost the game decisively) and one or more dependent clauses (Because the star player on the team was injured).
