When did the US get universal male suffrage? What kind of legislation did it require?
When did Canada, Britain, Germany and Japan get it?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: It’s fuzzy. Some states had it earlier than others, and for some elections (say, presidential) prior to other elections (say, U.S. senator).
For starters, you can see the Wikipedia articles on “Voting rights in the United States,” where they indicate that landless white men go voting rights by 1856, non-white men technically by 1870, and Native Americans by 1924 (after, for instance, white women). These involved a variety of constitutional amendments and presidential executive orders and state laws. You can also see the Wikipedia articles on “Suffrage” and “Universal suffrage.” They have a very abbreviated placeholder for the entry “Universal manhood suffrage,” which is what you’re asking about.
You could write a book on this. The folks in the Reference Dept. can help you find library books and articles to begin your extensive research. Perhaps you could start doing a search in the catalog for books assigned subject headings such as “suffrage — united states — history” Also, you might want to go at it by searching for sources on the political history of these various countries.
I’ll leave it to you to research the specifics for Canada, Britain, Germany (apparently in some states before unification), and Japan (1925).