Why was the Election of 1800 Significant? Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions Why did Thomas Jefferson win the election of 1800? Because the initial Electoral College vote resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, the members of the House of Representatives voted as states...
President Bush’s re-election already has resulted in more funds for one of the election’s pivotal "moral values" issues--abstinence education. Congress last weekend included more than ＄131 million for abstinence programs in its ＄ 388 billion spending bill. This represents an increase of ＄ ...
Jefferson in the presidential election of 1800. Jefferson (president, 1801–09) abolished the Alien and Sedition Acts and implemented a number of progressive measures. Laws enacted in 1800 and 1804 led to a partial agrarian reform: the size of tracts being sold from public holdings was reduced ...
Voters in Peru head to the post today to cast their ballots in a run-off presidential election that many hope will mark the end of the nation’s political crisis. Opinion polls last week show the modern candidate Arhumdred Toledo with a narrow lead over a left-leaning former President Elle...
Presidential Election of 1828 | Issues, Candidates & Significance from Chapter 8 / Lesson 13 46K The 1828 presidential election resulted in Andrew Jackson becoming president. Learn who ran against Andrew Jackson and what was significant about the election of 1828. Related...
Questions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you will be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the talk. ? 1. Which of the following statements about offices is NOT true according to the talk?
What was the outcome of the 1868 presidential election? What was the outcome of the presidential election of 1856? What major event resulted after the 1860 presidential election of Lincoln? What changed in the presidential election of 1828? What was unusual about the presidential election of 1860...
The Townshend Acts were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. As a result of the massacre in Boston, Parliament began to consider a motion to partially repeal the Townshend ...
During the election of 1920, Harding, and Calvin Coolidge ran against James Cox, the governor of Ohio, and the little known Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had previously risen to no higher post than President Wilson’s assistant secretary of the Navy. After his inauguration, Harding moved quickly...
American Civil War: Atlanta CampaignThe Atlanta Campaign, waged by the Union against the Confederacy from May to September 1864, resulted in about 50,000 casualties on both sides.(more) 2 of 3 William Tecumseh ShermanGeneral William T. Sherman in uniform and wearing a mourning ribbon for Presid...