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The Elections of 1796 and 1800

The Elections of 1796 and 1800. John Adams. Thomas Jefferson. The Election of 1796. Who voted for who. The top Nominees: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) with his running mate, Aaron Burr, and John Adams (Federalist) with his running mate, Thomas Pinckney. The Transition.

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The Elections of 1796 and 1800

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  1. The Elections of 1796 and 1800 John Adams Thomas Jefferson

  2. The Election of 1796 Who voted for who The top Nominees: Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican) with his running mate, Aaron Burr, and John Adams (Federalist) with his running mate, Thomas Pinckney

  3. The Transition President Washington and cabinet A transition of power from the first president, Washington, to whoever won the election

  4. Washington Mount Vernon President Washington refused to serve a third term. He was exhausted and found himself longing for the comforts of Mount Vernon

  5. Time Two Party! Democratic party political cartoon 1796 was the first two-party election and also the first contested presidential election of American history

  6. Campaign Issues of 1796 French Revolution Jay Treaty The most important issues of the 1796 election were the French Revolution and the Jay Treaty

  7. Treaty and War Battle from French Revolution Jefferson was against the Jay Treaty because it favored the British over the French and Adams opposed the French Revolution

  8. The Campaign 1796 Newspaper Early campaigning took place in newspapers and broad sides. Editors wrote about their favorite candidate: Jefferson or Adams

  9. The Results are In Picture of Adams Adams won by 3 votes and Jefferson automatically became vice president. Picture of Jefferson

  10. The Election of 1800 Picture of Jefferson The top nominees were Jefferson and Adams again, with their same running mates Picture of Adams

  11. 4 Years of Hardship During Adams’ first term in office, he became very unpopular because he had made a negotiation with France Picture of Adams

  12. On the Campaign This election was the first time the actual candidates had campaigned Aaron Burr, Jefferson’s running mate, did most of the campaigning

  13. Alien and Sedition Acts These Acts, passed by John Adams in 1798, were designed to restrict foreigner’s passage into America and reduce press criticism of the government, while at the same time reducing French support Alien and Sedition Acts

  14. Jefferson’s Outlook As Jefferson was a supporter of France he disliked these acts and they had been repealed or expired by 1802 Jefferson

  15. The System The Electoral College was exposed to have a lot of cracks in their system during this election. Electoral College Cartoon

  16. A.. Tie? There was a tie of presidential votes, not between Jefferson and Adams, but between Jefferson and Burr, his running mate Burr

  17. I refuse! The constitution did not differentiate between presidential and vice presidential votes, so there was a tie of votes between Burr and Jefferson for president. Burr refused to step down. Jefferson Burr

  18. Victory After 36 ballots, Jefferson finally came out victorious and Aaron Burr became his vice president. Jefferson never trusted Burr after that. Jefferson

  19. Fixed The 12th Amendment required electors to vote separately for president and vice president. Jefferson Burr

  20. Happy Ending Jefferson (who presided for 2 terms) and Adams ended up becoming friends and sending letters back and forth for the rest of their lives. The rivals died both died on the 4th of July. Burr was exiled for treason and shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel before leaving.

  21. Picture Citing http://www.foundersofamerica.com/FOUNDING_FATHERS_PICTURES_PORTRAITS/John_Adams_1.htm - Picture of John Adams http://johnadamsweb.com/pix/thumbnails.php?album=1 – Picture of John Adams http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/biog/ljpic.htm - Jefferson Pictures http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Jefferson_adams_franklin.jpg -Jefferson and Adams pictures http://electivedecisions.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/radical-extremists-and-the-democrat-party1.gif - Cartoon http://images.rarenewspapers.com/ebayimgs/12.5.2005/image002.jpg - Newspaper http://www.twofrog.com/images/mtvernon301web.jpg http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Aaron_Burr-2.jpg/250px-Aaron_Burr-2.jpg -Burr http://media.photobucket.com/image/alien%20and%20sedition%20acts/PosterityProject/AlienSeditionActs1798.jpg - Alien and Sedition Acts http://www.jmap.org/images/jefferson.jpg -Jefferson Pictures http://davegranlund.com/cartoons/wp-content/uploads/color-elect-col-web.jpg -Cartoon http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/aaron-burr-0909-lg.jpg -Burr http://www.politickernj.com/files/images/BoltCC040708_WIN_0.jpg (pistol cartoon) http://www.redroom.com/files/images/TJ%20AB.preview.gif – Jefferson and Burr

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