History of the United States I / Unit 8 USH1 1068 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Who Could Vote
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The idea
Most state constitutions limited the vote to male property owners or taxpayers.
In practice
New Jersey alone extending it to unmarried women with property worth fifty pounds, from seventeen seventy-six.
Where people slip
New Jersey restricted the vote to free White males in eighteen oh seven. The franchise was taken back, not merely withheld.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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