USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ the right to vote
A
abdicate
B
plebiscite
C
suffrage
D
sans-culottes
E
deficit spending
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Women’s suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vote, increasing the number of those parties’ potential constituencies.

Detailed explanation-2: -"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

Detailed explanation-3: -The term ‘suffrage’ means right to vote. All over Europe and USA, women led the suffrage movement demanding the right to vote.

Detailed explanation-4: -Of course, there are some judgements that say that the Right to Vote is only a statutory right and not a constitutional right. But no, it is a constitutional right because it’s a part of Article 19(1)(a) – the right of expression, the right of people to elect, and for people to vote."

Detailed explanation-5: -The term has nothing to do with suffering but instead derives from the Latin word “suffragium, ” meaning the right or privilege to vote. In the United States, it is commonly associated with the 19th-and early 20th-century voting rights movements.

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