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Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for

(A) helping to organize a strike against railroad wage cuts
(B) violating southern segregation laws
(C) allowing African-American children to attend white schools
(D) illegally voting in a presidential election
(E) distributing birth control to unmarried women

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Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for "(D) illegally voting in a presidential election," since she was largely in favor of women's suffrage, and cast a ballot in protest.
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