Read the excerpt from "Women’s Right to Vote.” By 1916, almost all of the major suffrage organizations were united behind the goal of a constitutional amendment. When New York adopted woman suffrage in 1917 and President Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918, the political balance began to shift. Which paraphrase best shows how the state level of government impacted the federal government? President Wilson adopted women’s suffrage policies because of the state of New York. Women’s suffrage organizations were politically supported by President Wilson after 1917. When New York adopted woman suffrage in 1917, President Wilson changed his position to support an amendment in 1918. By adopting women’s suffrage in 1917, the state of New York caused President Wilson to change his own opinion to support it.