Answer:
The phrase in the excerpt that helps Anthony create a tone of doubt about her voting is:
B. alleged crime
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.
