JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
MARTIN VAN BUREN
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People stated that if they gave Harrison a pension of 2, 000 dollars, hard cider and a log cabin he would need nothing else
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Further stated that Harrison was a Log Cabin American and what is more American than a log cabin?
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Made little log cabin replicas despite the fact that Harrison never grew up poor
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All of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -In what is sometimes called the “Revolution of 1800", the Democratic-Republican candidate, Vice President Thomas Jefferson, defeated the Federalist Party candidate, incumbent president John Adams. The election was a political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership.
Detailed explanation-2: -The individual receiving the highest number of votes would become president. UnfortunatelyJefferson and his vice-presidential running mate Aaron Burr both received the identical number of electoral votes, and the House of Representatives voted to break the tie.
Detailed explanation-3: -Party-list proportional representation is the single most common electoral system and is used by 80 countries, and involves voters voting for a list of candidates proposed by a party.
Detailed explanation-4: -While the election was contentious, President John Adams admitted defeat and turned the presidency over to Jefferson. Called the Revolution of 1800, this election established the peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another as a powerful norm in US politics.