"The people" were originally White, Property-owning Males over 21. They were the only ones that could originally vote. The property owning portion will almost completely be gone by 1828 (this is what helped Andrew Jackson get elected). Non white men will begin being able to vote with the passing of the 15th Amendment after the Civil War. Women will earn suffrage (right to vote) in 1920 with the 19th Amendment. Lastly, we'll lower the voting age to 18 in 1971 with the 26th Amendment, due to the Vietnam War.
Answer: They do this by providing more candidates from which a voter can choose.
Explanation:
There are several minor political parties in the United States. The main two that is heard about more often is the Democrats and Republicans. Other parties are Libertarian and Independent. There is also an option for voters to write in a candidate on any ballot in an official election.
By having numerous choices in an election, this balances out the main group and lets the voters have discussions about issues that are concerning to them. Many of the third party choices do support the wealthiest candidate if they drop out of the race.
Answer: Because the Court ruled that Scott was not an American citizen, any federal lawsuit he filed automatically failed because he could never establish the "diversity of citizenship" that Article III of the U.S. Constitution requires for an American federal court to be able to exercise jurisdiction over a case.
If your choices are:
<span>A) Mail fraud
B) Counterfeiting
C) Bankruptcy
D) Kidnapping
Then your answer should be <em>"A) Mail fraud"</em>.</span>
Napoleon’s decisions to reinstate slavery in French colonies and sell the Louisiana territory to the United States, together with the triumph of the Haitian Revolution, made his colonial policies some of the greatest failures of his rule.
