JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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How was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded during Jackson’s presidency?
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Owning property was no longer a qualification to vote
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African Americans voted for the first time
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women were allowed to vote
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White men were no longer the only people who could vote
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Expanded suffrage – The Jacksonians believed that voting rights should be extended to all white men. By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage and by 1856 all requirements to own property and nearly all requirements to pay taxes had been dropped.
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