USA HISTORY

JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850

PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the 1834 revision of the Tennessee Constitution, which group received expanded voting rights?
A
male non-property owners
B
African American males
C
women
D
all property owners
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: -The constitution was revised in 1834 to update the court system and address some of the problems in the original constitution. By 1834, Tennessee’s population was more than 6 times greater than the population in 1796, reaching almost 700, 000.

Detailed explanation-4: -1835 constitution Antislavery interests petitioned the convention to abolish slavery, which was rejected by the convention delegates. The constitution adopted increased opportunities for citizens to engage in the political process, but it limited suffrage to white males.

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