Chapter Nine Jacksonian America Multiple Choice Questions 1. Which statement regarding the American electorate during the 1820s is TRUE? A. The right to vote was expanded to include many more white males. B. The right to vote was restricted to property owners. C. Married white women had the right to vote but could not hold elected office. Changes in voting rights occurred first in New England states and spread west. Older states began to expand their property ownership requirements. Ans: A Page: 226 2. In 1840, efforts to expand voting rights in Rhode Island resulted in A. new laws that actually further restricted voting rights. B. federal troops occupying the state capital for two years. C. an effort within the state to secede from the Union.