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Expanding Democracy

Question 2 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

Beginning in 1820, states changed voting rights to include all

Answer
A
taxpaying white males.
B
male and female landowners.
C
adult white males.
D
wealthy white males.

Explanation

Beginning around 1820, many states removed property-ownership and taxpaying requirements for voting. This expanded suffrage to most adult white men, rather than only landowners or wealthy men. Women and most people of color were still excluded.

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