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The right to vote being available to all adults of a jurisdiction is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which slogan is often used to endorse universal suffrage?Read the answer and worked solution →In the first modern democracies, voting was usually restricted to people with what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country was the first in the world to grant women the vote in 1893?Read the answer and worked solution →Which territory elected the world's first female members of parliament in 1907?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1928, the UK gave women the right to vote at what age, the same as men?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did Switzerland introduce women's suffrage at the federal level by referendum?Read the answer and worked solution →The Weimar Constitution established universal suffrage in 1919 with a minimum voting age of what?Read the answer and worked solution →The US Fifteenth Amendment of 1870 aimed to protect the vote from denial on account of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which French constitution of 1793 was the first by a major country to enact suffrage for all adult males?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the North German Confederation enact suffrage for all adult males?Read the answer and worked solution →In apartheid-era South Africa, non-White people could generally not vote in national elections until which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Swiss canton was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1959?Read the answer and worked solution →The Polish land sejmik was an institution of what kind?Read the answer and worked solution →Which one is not one of the three fundamental principles of democracy named in one theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which movements mainly extended democratic citizenship to all adults in most modern democracies?Read the answer and worked solution →Democratic socialists and social democrats often favour representative democracy combined with what?Read the answer and worked solution →In Vermont towns, annual meetings held in March are an example of what?Read the answer and worked solution →In representative democracy, how are elected officials usually chosen?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The right to vote being available to all adults of a jurisdiction is called what?

  1. Universal suffrage
  2. Plural voting rights
  3. Restricted franchise
  4. Proxy voting rights
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Correct answer: A. Universal suffrage

1. The right to vote for all adults is a core democratic idea. 2. It is called universal suffrage or universal franchise. 3. Restricted franchise limits voting to some groups. _Source: Wikipedia, Universal suffrage, Lead section_

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Which slogan is often used to endorse universal suffrage?

  1. One nation, one vote
  2. One man, one vote
  3. One tax, one vote
  4. One land, one vote
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Correct answer: B. One man, one vote

1. Universal suffrage means equal voting rights for adults. 2. The idea is often endorsed by the slogan one man, one vote. 3. The other slogans are not the standard one. _Source: Wikipedia, Universal suffrage, Lead section_

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In the first modern democracies, voting was usually restricted to people with what?

  1. Military service
  2. Property and wealth
  3. High education
  4. Noble birth only
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Correct answer: B. Property and wealth

1. Early modern democracies were not fully inclusive. 2. Governments restricted the vote to those with property and wealth, usually a minority of men. 3. Over time the number of voters increased progressively. _Source: Wikipedia, Universal suffrage, History_

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