JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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removal of property requirements for voting
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Three-fifths voting clause in the Constitution
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The election of Andrew Jackson in 1828
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The election of Andrew Jackson in 1824
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. It is sometimes summarized by the slogan, “one man, one vote".
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the time the Constitution was ratified, there was universal white male suffrage. Women gained the right to vote throughout the country with the passage of the 14th Amendment. In the first decades after ratification of the Constitution, some States denied voting rights to people based on their religious beliefs.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Chartist Movement developed after the 1832 Reform Act failed to extend the vote beyond those owning property. Its members were typically from the working class and their 1838 People’s Charter was established by the London Working Men’s Association. The petition had six demands: Universal suffrage.