8.04 aspects: 20. the extension of voting rights evident in the nineteenth century was denied to a) women b) free black men c) white men d) both a and b 19. what was the purpose of south carolina’s “nullification act.” a) it was a plan to secede from the union. b) it stated that south carolina would “nullify” the tariffs. c) it was an act to free the enslaved african-americans. d) it stated that south carolina would “nullify” the indian removal act. 18. which 1828 presidential candidate embraced the concept of the “common man ideal? ” a) martin van buren b) andrew jackson c) john c. calhoun d) henry clay 17. major ridge and his son john tried to stay on their homelands by a) behaving and living as white people lived b) joining tecumseh in his fight against the whites c) returning to the old ways of the indian d) appealing directly to the alabama state legislature