Universal manhood suffrage
Encyclopedia
Universal manhood suffrage is a form of voting rights in which all adult
males within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification. It is sometimes summarized by the slogan, "one man, one vote."
In the United States
, universal manhood suffrage helped empower rising American leaders like Andrew Jackson
to presidency as poorer, frontier citizens felt better represented. Unfortunately, during many of the first elections that saw manhood suffrage, it still excluded African American males. Early 20th century universal manhood suffrage was the norm in most French
countries. As women began to win the right to vote it was replaced by universal suffrage
.
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
, ratified in 1868, upholds this right.
Also universal manhood suffrage was a way that the Industrial revolution helped fuel the drive for universal suffrage
Adult
An adult is a human being or living organism that is of relatively mature age, typically associated with sexual maturity and the attainment of reproductive age....
males within a political system are allowed to vote, regardless of income, property, religion, race, or any other qualification. It is sometimes summarized by the slogan, "one man, one vote."
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, universal manhood suffrage helped empower rising American leaders like Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
to presidency as poorer, frontier citizens felt better represented. Unfortunately, during many of the first elections that saw manhood suffrage, it still excluded African American males. Early 20th century universal manhood suffrage was the norm in most French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
countries. As women began to win the right to vote it was replaced by universal suffrage
Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...
.
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"...
, ratified in 1868, upholds this right.
Also universal manhood suffrage was a way that the Industrial revolution helped fuel the drive for universal suffrage