THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENT MADISON
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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his financial plan for the country had failed
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he was following Washington’s precedent
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he knew people wouldn’t vote him back in office
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his health was declining and he wanted to go back to his farm
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Detailed explanation-1: -The caucus was held in January 1808, and Secretary of State James Madison won the presidential nomination with the support of President Thomas Jefferson against James Monroe and Vice President George Clinton.
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: -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-4: -Hamilton, disliking both Jefferson and Burr, nevertheless urged Jefferson’s election. When Jefferson assumed the Presidency, the crisis in France had passed. He slashed Army and Navy expenditures, cut the budget, eliminated the tax on whiskey so unpopular in the West, yet reduced the national debt by a third.