HILD 2A-B-C Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Missouri Compromise, Voting Age
3 Mar 2018
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The making of the democratic party (part 1, history) Members of constitutional convention disagreed about how broad the vote/franchise should be (cid:824)universal manhood suffrage was bad(cid:825) but couldn"t agree on property limit. Therefore, didn(cid:821)t establish any national requirement because the states wouldn(cid:821)t ratify the constitution with a written limitation (cid:824)we the people(cid:825) is how the constitution starts, but the states determine who the people are. If eligible to vote for state assemblies, could vote for members of congress and president. Penn was most democratic:any man who paid taxes could vote (law got stricter later) Vermont (1791-became a state): had no property requirement. 60-70% white men (few free blacks) could vote during this time. The war of 1812 & the transformation of american politics. During first half of 19th century new trend: Every state (besides vermont) had constitutional convention to discuss vote. By 1855: few formal economic barriers to voting.
