JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Be a male
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Own property
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Be 18 years of age
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Pay taxes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Universal suffrage (or franchise) ensures the right to vote for as many people who are bound by a government’s laws as possible, as supported by the “one person, one vote” principle.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1989, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first country to grant equal voting rights to all people was New Zealand, in 1893. In most other democracies, women did not win the right to the vote until after the First World War. Q. Which was the first country to grant equal voting rights to all its citizens?