JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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Question
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Electoral College
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House of Representatives
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Popular Vote
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Pin the tail of the Donkey
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Detailed explanation-1: -On February 9, 1825, Adams won the contingent election on the first ballot, taking 13 of the 24 state delegations. Adams won the House delegations of all the states in which he or Clay had won a majority of the electoral votes, as well as the delegations of Illinois, Louisiana, and Maryland.
Detailed explanation-2: -On February 9, 1825, the House of Representative elected John Quincy Adams as the sixth President of the United States after the electoral college failed to produce a winner. The 1824 election was one of only three presidential elections in which that scenario occurred (1800, 1824, and 1876).
Detailed explanation-3: -John Quincy Adams, son of John and Abigail Adams, served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829.
Detailed explanation-4: -Opposition to the Quasi-War and the Alien and the Sedition Acts, as well as the intra-party rivalry between Adams and Alexander Hamilton, all contributed to Adams’s loss to Jefferson in the 1800 election.
Detailed explanation-5: -The House of Representatives Elected John Quincy Adams as President.