JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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African Americans
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white women
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white men
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The 1828 presidential election was the first in which non-property-holding white males could vote in the vast majority of states. By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage. Maryland passes a law to allow Jews to vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified in 1870) extended voting rights to men of all races.
Detailed explanation-3: -John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives, even though Jackson originally received more popular and electoral votes.
Detailed explanation-4: -In a highly contentious rematch of the previous election, Andrew Jackson defeated incumbent John Quincy Adams in the 1828 presidential election.