JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
ELECTION OF 1824
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Question
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American system
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Controversy
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Corrupt Bargain
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Mudslinging
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson’s supporters denounced this as a “corrupt bargain.” The “corrupt bargain” that placed Adams in the White House and Clay in the State Department launched a four-year campaign of revenge by the friends of Andrew Jackson.
Detailed explanation-2: -After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the 1824 election, John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-3: -Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and William Crawford were the primary contenders for the presidency. The result of the election was inconclusive, as no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote. In the election for vice president, John C. Calhoun was elected with a comfortable majority of the vote.