JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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allowed African-Americans to vote
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allowed to women to vote
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allowed Mexicans to vote
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lowered the land requirement which allowed more men to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -Expanded suffrage helped Jackson win the election of 1828 because more people were able to vote now, of multiple different groups, helping Andrew Jackson by giving him more votes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jackson dominated in the South and the West, aided in part by the passage of the Tariff of 1828. With the ongoing expansion of the right to vote to most white men, the election marked a dramatic expansion of the electorate, with 9.5% of Americans casting a vote for president, compared with 3.4% in 1824.
Detailed explanation-3: -Universal manhood suffrage is a form of voting rights in which all adult male citizens within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification.
Detailed explanation-4: -Universal male suffrage was given in 1848, with the exception of the military who obtained the right to vote in 1945. This was supplemented in 1944 by full universal suffrage, including women as voters.