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Why did Jackson not win the election of 1824 if he had the largest number of votes?
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Jackson did not receive a majority of the electoral votes, and neither did any other candidate, and so the House of Representatives had the responsibility of settling the election.
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Why did Adams choose Clay to be his secretary of state, and how did Jackson's followers interpret this action?
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Adams chose Clay as secretary of state because Adams thought that Clay was the best man for the job, but Jackson's followers accused Adams and Clay of making a "corrupt bargain" that helped Adams win the presidency and Clay gain a high office.
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What were some of the ideas included in Adam's nationalistic program?
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Building roads and canals, lighthouses along the coast, a national university, and an observatory; and promoting art, literature, and science, all with public funds from a hight tariff and sale of lands.
Southerners called the tariff of 1828 "the tariff of abominations" |
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What two aspects of the election of 1828 made it different from other elections?
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First to use many techniques of mass campaigning; first appearance of servere mudslinging; Democratic party emerged.
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For what two reasons did the number of voters more than double between 1824 and 1828?
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Expansion of suffrage by changes in voting requirements and addition of new states with voters.
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