In What Ways Was American Democracy an Illusion in the 1820s-1840s

question 36

Multiple Choice

In what ways was American democracy an illusion in the 1820s-1840s?

• A) Although all white men began life with equal opportunities, women and African and Native Americans did not.
• B) Despite the impression that people had equal opportunities, distinctions of class and education persisted.
• C) Not only were women and African and Native Americans excluded, but economic inequality was growing.
• D) Only land owners could vote, and as there were so few land owners in the United States, suffrage was not universal even among white men.
• E) U.S. foreign policy in Latin America showed that the democracy Americans enjoyed was not the same system they supported for their neighbors.

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