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Ratification and the Bill of Rights

Question 2 • *FL-2100310-United States History Semester 1

Why was the election of 1800 remarkable? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Answer
A
It featured a tie vote in the Electoral College.
B
It produced a president and vice president from different parties.
C
It featured a transfer of power from one party to an opposing party.

Explanation

The Electoral College vote tied Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, so the House of Representatives had to choose the president. Jefferson and Burr were both Democratic-Republicans, so the election did not produce a president and vice president from different parties. It was also the first peaceful transfer of power from the Federalist Party to its political opponents, the Democratic-Republicans.

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