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Fill in the blanks to complete the following paragraph. Error! Filename not specified. Andrew Jackson won the Error! Filename not specified. popular vote in the election of 1824, receiving 153,544 ballots, nearly as much as his two closest opponents combined. Because Error! Filename not specified. no one won a majority of the vote , however, the election was decided by the House of Representatives. Once in the House, the fourth-place candidate, Error! Filename not specified. Henry Clay , who happened to be Speaker of the House, threw his support behind second-place candidate John Adams. The Speaker had won three states in the West (Kentucky, Missouri, and Error! Filename not specified. Ohio ), and their electoral votes went to Adams, allowing him to win the presidency. Two weeks later, Adams appointed the former Speaker as secretary of state, leaving many to speculate that he had promised the post in return for the presidency. Points: 1 / 1 Close Explanation Explanation: Andrew Jackson won 43.1% of the popular vote in this election, receiving 153,544 votes. He failed to win a majority of the electoral vote, however, which sent the election to the House of Representatives. Henry Clay, the fourth-place candidate in the election, also happened to be Speaker of the House. Fearing Jackson as a potential military dictator, Clay threw his support behind John Quincy Adams, transferring the electoral votes he had received by winning Ohio, Kentucky, and Missiouri to Adams. This was enough to put Adams in the White House. Two weeks later, Adams appointed Clay as secretary of state, infuriating Jackson and leading many to suspect a “corrupt bargain” had been struck between the two. Determine whether each description applies to the presidential election of 1824 or the presidential election of 1828. Description 1824 1828 Included two candidates Was won by John Quincy Adams Resulted in Henry Clay’s appointment as secretary of state Points:

1 / 1 Close Explanation Explanation: The election of 1824 featured five candidates, but John C. Calhoun of South Carolina dropped out. None of the four remaining candidates was able to secure a majority of the electoral college. In this circumstance, the House of Representatives decides who wins the election from the three candidates who receive the most electoral votes. Speaker of the House Henry Clay finished fourth and was in a position to exert considerable influence over the election. He threw his support behind John Quincy Adams rather than Andrew Jackson or William Crawford, which led to Adams’s victory. Soon after, Clay was named secretary of state. This appointment clouded Adams’s administration, with some describing the appointment as a “corrupt bargain.” The 1828 election resulted in supporters of several of the candidates in the 1824 election uniting behind Andrew Jackson to defeat Adams. This election featured much higher voter turnout than in 1824, partially due to lower property requirements for voting and the introduction of campaign organization tactics, such as bonfires, parades, and the first campaign song. Jackson, running as a “man of the people,” was ultimately victorious over Adams.

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