Which of the following is the most likely explanation for the final passage of the Nineteenth Amendment? a. Suffragists’ state-b
y-state efforts had largely failed. b. Congressmen from western states backed the amendment in exchange for an end to suffragist support of Prohibition. c. Jeanette Rankin of Montana cast the deciding vote. d. The Wilson administration eventually supported the amendment in response to public pressure. e. Suffragettes refused to support the war effort unless they were promised the vote at the end of the war.
<u><em>The answer is</em></u>: <u>C. Jeannette Rankin of Montana cast the deciding vote.</u>
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Explanation:
<u>Jeannette Pickering Rankin</u> in her first speech included a constitutional amendment that granted universal suffrage to women; the congressmen approved it but the Senate knocked it down… for the time being, because in May 1919 it would be ratified, <u>becoming the Nineteenth Amendment</u>: prohibition that states can deny citizens the right to vote for reasons of sex.
<u><em>The answer is</em></u>: <u>C. Jeannette Rankin of Montana cast the deciding vote.</u>
