In 1800, Thomas Jefferson was elected president by the
a. people
b. Electoral College
c. state legislatures.
d. House of Representatives.
The answer, it is B electoral college. (In what is sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800", Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican rule.)
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A) Typee. B) The House of the Seven Gables. C) Leaves of Grass. D) Moby-Dick.
Why did colonists hurl a cargo of British tea into the Boston harbor?
a. To protest a tax imposed by the British b. To destroy a shipment contaminated by disease c. To seek revenge for the Boston Massacre d. To declare their independence from Britain
The Peloponnesian War resulted in
A) the defeat of Athens and the collapse of its empire. B) the defeat of Sparta, leading to its permanent decline. C) the unification of the Greek city-states under Thebes. D) the consolidation of Pericles' power. E) Athenian control of Sicily.
State federations of women's clubs were useful in
A) pooling resources of individual clubs. B) winning the right to vote at the state level. C) achieving a homogenous network of clubs. D) forcing agenda on individual clubs.