Cedula of Population in Trinidad

Voting right in America around the early 1800s was a very complex process, because many of the politicians and government leaders had supported slavery, which led to limited voting rights to those who were legally free. Women, however weren’t treated as equals to men, therefore they didn’t get much attention to their voting rights (which at the time there was none). There were two other major factors in voting as well, which were socioeconomics and land owners, making the poor worker class have very little political freedoms as well. Most of the voting privileges went to rich white men.

Voting in the early 1800’s was limited to white landowning males who paid taxes; neither women, African American slaves, nor the non- landowning/ non-taxpaying white males had the right to contribute to the

In this time period, only white men were allowed to vote, which left women and colored people without a voice. Another widespread issue was with the process of indirect voting to elect people. Throughout the Progressive Era many reforms were enacted to try to remedy these problems. Document D addresses the issue of indirect voting and how the citizens of America wanted more direct involvement in politics. Indirect voting is a process in which voters in an election do not choose between candidates for an office but rather elect persons who will then make the choice.Though the Electoral College still exists today, there were some efforts taken to allow direct representation. The 17th Amendment was passed in the early 1900’s. This amendment called for the direct election of senators and allowed voters to take an active role in deciding elected officials. Document H contains a picture of a woman who is protesting for her right to vote. This lead to one of the greatest successes of the Progressive Movement, the passing on the 19th Amendment. The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote and allowed them to have a voice in political matters. Thought this movement was very successful in some areas, some aspects did not improve. Document J shows a graph of voter turnout from 1900 to 1920. This graph decreases majorly in 1920 which shows that even though

Conquered, Controlled, Creoles. The Creoles had been born in America but had "pure" Spanish blood. They are on top of the social pyramid. During the 19th century they had wanted to gain power and fight for Independence, all over the South American region, the Caribbean and Central America. The Creoles had led the fight for independence because they wanted more economic power, to keep lower classes down socially, and they had struggled politically.

In the late 1800’s European, Chinese, and Japanese immigrants traveled To the United States. The Europeans came looking for opportunities while Japanese were recruited from Hawaiian planters as for the Chinese immigrants they came for many reasons some were attracted to the gold rush, while the others came to work for the railroads, farmed or became domestic servants. While immigration and urbanization was beginning to unfold they began creating social, political, and economic problems. These problems made life hard for immigrants but one race that seemed to be affected was the Chinese not only was it because they became successful but also because they increased in a big amount and as technology started improving labor was not needed as much. Chinese arrived between 1851-1882, 300,000 Chinese arrived on the west coast When the Chinese immigrants first came to work in the gold mines , agriculture , and railroads the Chinese were very instrumental in building railroads and at the time Chinese immigrants started to grow successful but as they increased so did the strength of anti-Chinese sentiment among other workers wanting to limit the amount of Chinese immigrants.

By 1840, more than 90 percent of adult white men could vote. By then, America had a vibrant democratic system

White males gained universal suffrage because of their numbers, breaking the aristocratic property-based tradition. In the earliest days of the United States, most state constitutions adopted the same voting eligibility as were established in the colonies and in Britain: ownership of property. The justification for this,

One of the reasons that the campaigns changed drastically between the 1815 through 1840 was because the White Male Suffrage. This meant that it didn't matter if they were were different than the others everyone had the right to vote. One thing that changed over the time was that in 1824 the white male had 26.9 percent of votes and it changed to 80.2 percent in 1840 which is more than double (Doc A). What these

Women didn’t have the right to vote yet as well as African American men of women. Voting privileges were mainly limited to white male property owners; in some rare cases, you could be either/or one of those requirements. Changes occurred when states – mainly the Western states – “adopted constitutions that guaranteed all white males – not just property owners or taxpayers – the right to vote.” (Brinkley, 198-199) This also permitted all voters the right to hold office. A lawyer and activist, Thomas L. Dorr and some of his friends created a “People’s party” (Brinkley, 199) This party drafted a new constitution that was approved and eventually used as a foundation of new government started by the Dorrites. One of the most important political trends during the 1800s was the change in the method of choosing presidential electors. In 1800, the legislatures had chosen the presidential electors in ten states. Only six of those states participated in the choosing of the electors. However, in 1828 the electors were chosen by popular vote in every state except South Carolina. With all the changes in the election process, came the rapid growth of the electorate and the emergence of political

Assess the significance of popular pressure in bringing about improved representation and greater democracy in Britain in the period 1830-1931

Hi Teagen! I agree with the idea that the expansion of suffrage to non-propertied white males in the 1820s and 1830s was an advancement in American political life. I found in the book that through the westward expansion, most of the new states in America allowed all white males to vote at the age of 21 (Faragher, 258). Also before 1800 only white males that owned property or were taxpayers could vote in most of the original thirteen states (Faragher, 257). This was important because it led to the presidential electors and governors to be elected by a direct vote of men from all classes, rather than by small groups of state legislators (Faragher, 258). I agree that this lead to delaying suffrage of white women and African Americans. This contradicts

During this time period, America's vision of politics was transformed. "Democracy appeared to suffuse every aspect of culture and politics" (Keene, 228). Considering the voting restrictions most states had in 1800, close to three decades later many states disregarded these restrictions. Several new states "adopted constitutions with no property requirements," and some older states even adjusted their constitutions (Keene, 228). America's ideas about voting were transformed to include nearly all white men with the growth of democracy. Although many states were broadening suffrage for white men, some were placing new restrictions on black men. These limitations made it were only a few black men had the right to vote. Overall, democracy transformed America's ideas on suffrage for the white and black man.

Nevertheless, in the changing times, the more powerful and direct democracy passed the nineteenth amendment. The amendment concluded the years of protesting from women advocating for women’s suffrage. The government was increasing its connections and expanding its representation to a new sector of the society: women.

Before 1828 only white men who owned a certain amount of land could vote. In 1828, all white men were allowed to vote

Since the arrival of Europeans the Caribbean islands have been going through constant change. The loss of native peoples and the introduction of the plantation system had immediate and permanent reprocussions on the islands. The Plantation system set up a society which consisted of a large, captive lower class and a powerful, wealthy upper class. As the plantation systems became successful labor was needed in order to progress. Slavery became the answer to the problem. Slavery played an important role in the how the economy changed the islands because there was a