The Progressives

AP US History· difficulty 3/5

"Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million American women are denied the right to vote. The President himself has hindered our enfranchisement. We will not wait passively while a great wrong is being perpetrated upon us. We will continue to picket the White House." — Alice Paul, 1917

Paul's National Woman's Party tactics differed from NAWSA's by

A
$Avoiding civil disobedience$
B
$Endorsing Wilson's reelection$
C
$Confrontational picketing of the White House and hunger strikes$
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D
$Lobbying state legislatures only$

Explanation

Paul's NWP staged daily White House pickets and continued hunger strikes when arrested; NAWSA under Carrie Chapman Catt pursued moderate state-by-state strategies.

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