Which of the following statements characterizes the women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?
a. Many feminists who had been abolitionists were disappointed that the Fifteenth Amendment made no reference to gender and permitted states to continue to deny suffrage to women.
b. Most suffragists agreed that they should concentrate on securing voting rights for African American men as a means to press for the same rights for all women.
c. Most feminists opposed the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment because it did not give equal protection to women.
d. Disappointed with the Republican Party's failure to win voting rights for women, most suffragists aligned with the Democratic Party after 1869.
b. Most suffragists agreed that they should concentrate on securing voting rights for African American men as a means to press for the same rights for all women.
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