Question

Which one of the following statements is incorrect in the context of democracy?

• A. The British colonies in North America declared themselves independent in $1776$.
• B. USA adopted a democratic Constitution in $1787$.
• C. Many countries in Europe gave right to vote to any propertied people.
• D. In the United States of America, all the citizens including the Blacks were given right to vote from the beginning.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

In the United States of America, all the citizens including the Blacks were given right to vote from the beginning.

In the United States of America, Blacks were not given the power of right to vote from the beginning. The Blacks faced lots of racial discrimination in the United States. Thus in 1966, The Black Power movement emerged in USA that lasted till 1975 to end racism in the US.