Read the excerpt from “On Women’s Right to Vote.” The preamble of the Federal Constitution says:

We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people—women as well as men. And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessings of liberty while they are denied the use of the only means of securing them provided by this democratic-republican government—the ballot.

Which key ideas can be found in this passage?

Select all that apply.

On Women’s Right to Vote

a. The constitution lists which specific groups of people have the right to vote.
b. The constitution states that the only people that are legal citizens are men.
c. The constitution identifies that all the “people,” not just men, have rights.
d. The constitution protects rights that people have naturally.