Why did many Jackson supporters believe that the election of 1824 was a "corrupt bargain”?

No candidate won a majority of electoral votes in 1824, so the House of Representatives chose the president. Henry Clay, who was Speaker of the House, supported John Quincy Adams; after Adams became president, he appointed Clay secretary of state. Jackson’s supporters saw this as a deal in which Clay traded his influence for a political office, making A the best answer.

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