Therefore the opposition to this was greatly influenced. There was also the denial of the vote to women. There was the use of “property qualifications to keep poor black and white men from voting” (Hine 174). Ensure blacks were banned from voting, as most of the black community was poor and would never make enough profit to prove they were able to vote. Depriving them of their legal right to vote, regardless of their economic circumstances. Due to the “egalitarian movement to remove property requirements” (Hine 174) disenfranchisement began. According to white voters, allowing blacks to vote would corrupt the system. Since they “would be encouraged to try to mix socially with whites” (Hine 174). For this reason there was a danger that the black vote would position them in the election for office. Demonstrating the racism that still existed. And the inequality of freedom that African Americans had. As all the rights they were entitled to have been denied to them. Making them feel that the freedom they were enjoying was not