Why did Congress decide the election of 1800? Select two
a. based on the outcome, it was mandated by the us consitutuion ***
b. the popular vote was a tie
c. no candidate won the electoral vote
d: not enough citizens voted to determine the outcome ***
The answer for the Unit 4 Lesson 4 quiz:
1. B
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. B
7. A and C
8. D
9. B
10.B
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B and C?
The correct answers are:
a. Based on the outcome, it was mandated by the US Constitution.
c. No candidate won the electoral vote.
To understand why Congress decided the election of 1800, we need to look at the process defined in the US Constitution. The Constitution states that if no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the election is decided by the House of Representatives. This provision is described in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the Constitution.
In the election of 1800, no candidate won a majority of electoral votes. The electoral vote was tied between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, who were both Democratic-Republicans. According to the Constitution, when a tie occurs, the decision goes to the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives conducted repeated rounds of voting, and after several days and 35 rounds of voting, Thomas Jefferson was finally elected as the President. This decision by Congress was made based on the outcome of the election and the constitutional mandate.
Option b, which states that the popular vote was a tie, is untrue. The concept of a popular vote was not as relevant in the election of 1800 as it is today. At that time, states often used different methods to select their electors, and some states did not even have a popular vote. Therefore, the popular vote itself did not directly determine the outcome.
Option d, that not enough citizens voted to determine the outcome, is also untrue. While voter participation in the early years of the United States was not as high as it is today, there were still sufficient citizens who voted in the election of 1800. It was the lack of a majority in the electoral vote that led to the decision being made by Congress.