Election+of+1800

Team Members:

Summer Pinder Rosalyn Cardenas Jason Helm Luke Geiger

ELECTION OF 1800 Using the resources provided below, research the questions at the end of the web quest. Answer the questions with quick, concise answers.



In the election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were running for president. Jefferson received an electoral 73 votes, as well as his like-party VP candidate, Thomas Burr. Because of this, Jefferson and Burr compete for the presidency, with a crazy storm of Hamilton, pistol duels, dirty politics and a race for a coveted office.

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Visit the Election Of 1800 website and answer the following questions.

1) Why would the country erupt in warfare if the election crisis was not solved? 2) Was this the first real American Derp Politics election? 3) Can the government really be very stable if this is how it reacted to a tie? 4) Why did the election not receive a lot of political attention until recently? 5) Does this show how weak the early American government was? If so, how?

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