WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Why did many Americans feel that the election of 1824 was corrupt or fraudulent?
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As speaker of the House, Henry clay gave his supporters to John Quincy Adams and later Adams appointed Clay secretary of state.
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Jackson won the majority of electoral votes, but he did not win the popular votes, therefore he did not become president.
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No candidate received the majority of the votes, the House chose the the candidates and removed Clay.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -This led to the end of the Congressional Caucus system for nominating candidates, and eventually, the development of a new two-party system in the United States. In the election, Andrew Jackson won a plurality of both the popular and electoral vote. But John Quincy Adams became president.
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