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All states had eliminated religious requirements for voting

Hard times resulting from the Panic of 1819

ten states permitted white manhood suffrage without qualification

a number of states, mainly in the Midwest, allowed immigrants who intended to become citizens to vote

only sixteen black New Yorkers were qualified to vote

only five states—Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont— allowed African Americans to vote without significant restrictions

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 required the former Confederate states to approve new constitutions

thirteen northern and western states barred illiterate adults from voting

at the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York

fifteen Northern states and territories rejected proposals to extend suffrage to African Americans