History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1407 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Turnout
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The idea
Voter participation surged from roughly twenty-five percent in eighteen twenty-eight to nearly eighty percent by eighteen forty.
In practice
More than a tripling of participation in the space of twelve years.
Where people slip
The expansion is real, and it is the expansion described in entry 1363, which reached White men only.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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