MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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The Election of 1800 marked the decline of the ____ party and the emergence of the ____ party.
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Loyalist; Whig
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Moderate; Populist
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Federalist; Democratic-Republican
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Democratic-Republican; Federalist
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800 marked a success for the Democratic-Republican party and the decline of the Federalist party. The political fate of the Federalist party was then sealed by the seemingly treasonable behavior of leading Federalists during the War of 1812.
Detailed explanation-2: -The only constitutional change that resulted from the election of 1800 was the twelfth amendment requiring separate electoral votes for president and vice president.
Detailed explanation-3: -The growing partisanship between the Federalist camp, led by John Adams, and the Democratic-Republican camp, led by Thomas Jefferson, resulted in a bitterly contested presidential election in 1800.
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