Question

Read the excerpt from Susan B. Anthony’s “On Women's Right to Vote.”

I stand before you tonight under indictment for the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote.

Which phrase in this excerpt helps Anthony create a tone of doubt about her voting?

stand before you
alleged crime
having voted
last presidential election

Answer 1

b

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The phrase in the excerpt that helps Anthony create a tone of doubt about her voting is:

B. alleged crime

Step-by-step explanation:

Susan B. Anthony was a social reformer born in 1820. She was arrested for voting in the 1872 presidential election and fined $100. In the excerpt we are analyzing here, Anthony places doubt over the fact that she was accused of a crime. When she says "alleged crime", she is defying the notion that a woman voting is indeed illegal. The adjective "alleged" refers to something that is only supposed, claimed, but to which there is no proof. What she means is that voting should not be a crime, and that women should be allowed to do it.