USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. The Tennessee Constitution of 1834 gave ____ the right to vote.
A
white men without property
B
native Americans
C
women
D
all free people
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -All property was to be taxed according to its value, and the new constitution gave the counties the power to impose taxes for county purposes. In like manner, the delegates eliminated property holding from suffrage requirements, thereby widening the franchise.

Detailed explanation-2: -In making suffrage changes, the delegates restricted the vote to white men, thereby disfranchising free black males, who had voted under the 1796 Constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -What change to the Tennessee Constitution of 1834 is evident in these excerpts? White men no longer have to be part of the General Assembly to vote.

Detailed explanation-4: -That no free man shall be taken, or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.

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