Based on Source 1, how did the Election of 1828 signify the expansion of voting rights that began in the early 1820s? A
Laws required candidates to earn two-thirds of the popular vote in order to secure the office of president or vice-president.

B
The Electoral College was stripped of much of its decision-making power for the presidency, but continued to be used for determining vice-presidents.

C
A new political party called the Republican Party was formed in opposition to the dominance of Jackson’s Democratic Party.

D
Many states had dropped property requirements for voting in favor of universal white male suffrage, beginning the “Era of the Common Man.”