Universal manhood suffrage
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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[neutrality is disputed], 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
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