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Which of the following groups decided who won the presidential election of 1800?

a.
the people
c.
the Supreme Court
b.
the electoral college
d.
the House of Representatives

User MaXal
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The answer is D.

No candidate received a majority of electors, Jefferson elected by vote of House of Representatives . This was because both Jefferson and Burr tied at 73 Electoral votes!

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Answer:

b. electoral college

Step-by-step explanation:

The United States presidential election of 1800 was the fourth United States presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 31 to Wednesday, December 3, 1800. 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 the Democratic-Republican rule. Because electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment.

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