JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Question
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Who was allowed to vote in the Jacksonian Era?
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Rich white men only
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Everyone
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Non-landowning and Landowning white men
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White men and white women only
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson’s expansion of democracy was largely limited to European Americans, and voting rights were extended to adult white males only.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified in 1870) extended voting rights to men of all races.
Detailed explanation-3: -Universal suffrage was established in 1840, which meant that women could vote. Opposition resulted in a specific denial of women’s suffrage in the 1852 constitution. After 1919 men could vote from the age of 24 while women only gained the right to vote from the age of 30.
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