JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
JACKSONIAN AMERICA
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Question
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How was the winner of the Election of 1824 decided being that none of the candidates received more than half of the electoral votes necessary to be considered the winner?
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Andrew Jackson was declared the winner
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The winner was decided by the Supreme Court
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The winner was decided by the House of Representatives
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There needed to be a second presidential election
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Jackson’s electoral college plurality was the result of the Three-fifths Compromise. The electoral college results would have been 83 for Adams and 77 for Jackson without the inflated electoral count of slaveholding states.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson in 1824 by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives, even though Jackson originally received more popular and electoral votes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Who decided the 1824 presidential election, and why? Congress decided since none of the four candidates had received a majority vote in the election.
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