Diplomacy
-Rhode Island's reluctance to eliminate the property requirement for voting was an attempt to keep which of the following groups disenfranchised?
A)The rising middle class
B)The elite
C)Artisans
D)Industrial laborers
E)Farmers

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Because Rhode Island had a lot of factories, the property requirement was designed to keep industrial laborers from voting. These laborers were predominately immigrants. While they eventually got the vote when Rhode Island relinquished its property requirements, free African-Americans lost the vote in the reform that empowered white men without property. This is just one example of the uneven progress of voting rights in the 19th century.

Diplomacy -Rhode Island's Reluctance to Eliminate the Property Requirement for Voting