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Which slogan is linked to universal suffrage?Read the answer and worked solution →In early modern democracies, who was usually allowed to vote?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country was first to give women the vote in 1893?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country first gave women both the vote and the right to run, in 1902?Read the answer and worked solution →The UK gave women the vote at the same age as men in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Who described democracy as government of the people?Read the answer and worked solution →In which century BC did the term for democracy first appear in Greek city-states?Read the answer and worked solution →In a direct democracy, who has the primary authority to decide legislation?Read the answer and worked solution →What do people do in a representative democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which form of democracy dominates the world today?Read the answer and worked solution →What protects minority rights in a liberal democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Under a narrow definition of democracy, how are rulers chosen?Read the answer and worked solution →Democracy is most often contrasted with which type of government?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is listed among common features of democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →Where are rights and liberties typically enshrined in a representative democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →What environment does the UN say democracy provides?Read the answer and worked solution →How many fundamental principles does one theory say democracy requires?Read the answer and worked solution →In its modern sense, what defines a republic?Read the answer and worked solution →In India, what limits the sovereignty of Parliament?Read the answer and worked solution →Which decision-making method is the dominant form in democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →Which democracy is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch does not rule?Read the answer and worked solution →Up until which century did major political figures largely oppose democracy?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Montesquieu say happens to a small republic?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ancient Indian city was the capital of the Vajjika League?Read the answer and worked solution →Which thinker argued that direct democracy increases legitimacy?Read the answer and worked solution →Under democratic principles, eligible citizens are equal before what?Read the answer and worked solution →In the earliest democracies, citizenship was initially limited to which group?Read the answer and worked solution →Which outcomes is democracy more consistently linked to?Read the answer and worked solution →What is representative democracy also called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is described as a federal presidential republic?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which slogan is linked to universal suffrage?

  1. One man, one vote
  2. Vote for change
  3. Power to wealth
  4. Rule by few
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Correct answer: A. One man, one vote

The idea is endorsed by the slogan one man, one vote, meaning each voter counts equally.

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In early modern democracies, who was usually allowed to vote?

  1. Property owners
  2. All adults
  3. All citizens
  4. All women
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Correct answer: A. Property owners

Early democracies restricted the vote to those with property and wealth, mostly men.

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Which country was first to give women the vote in 1893?

  1. Britain
  2. New Zealand
  3. France
  4. Canada
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Correct answer: B. New Zealand

New Zealand in 1893 became the first country to grant active universal suffrage to women.

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