Write c in the blank next to each sentence that is punctuated correctly . fix the ones that are incorrect .
12. "The right of the citizens of the United States to vote," the Fifth Amendment states,
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race,
color, or previous condition of servitude."
13. Before it was passed, Anthony and Stanton urged Congress to change the wording of
the amendment to read race, color, sex, or previous condition of servitude."
14. Sympathetic congressmen "explained that this wording would make the amendment
even more difficult to pass," but the amendment did become law in 1870.
15. The law stated that all citizens could vote; so Susan B. Anthony asked "Is a woman a
citizen?"
16. After all, women were taxed as citizens, and "the founders had declared, no taxation
without representation."
17. Anthony and fifteen other women said that they would test the issue by voting in the
1872 election.
18. Anthony was arrested; the warrant said she had violated an act of Congress.
19. Bypassing the jury in what was an unfair trial, the judge declared "Anthony guilty,
although she was never required to pay her fine or go to jail."
20. In 1776 John Adams said that talk about political representation would continue for
years to come, and he predicted, "New claims will arise; women will demand a vote."
21. Referring to the Constitution, Anthony asserted, "We, the people' does not mean 'We.
the male citizens.""
22. Susan B. Anthony had made a claim for women, but it would be another fifty years
before the nation said "yes to woman's suffrage."