4. Why was the nation's sixth president chosen by the House of Representatives?

because no candidate won a majority of the electoral votes
because in the early Republic, that is the way the president was chosen
because the two candidates with the most votes were both from the same political party
because of the threat of secession by the South at that time

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i think its b

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams#1824_presidential_election

So its a

Yes, A is correct.

Thanks

The correct answer is: because no candidate won a majority of the electoral votes.

To explain how to get the answer, it is important to understand the election process. In the United States, the president is elected through the Electoral College system, where each state is allocated a certain number of electors based on its population. The candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes, which is 270 out of 538, becomes the president.

However, if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral votes, the decision goes to the House of Representatives. This has happened only a few times in history, and one such instance was during the election of the nation's sixth president.

To confirm this, you can research the election of the nation's sixth president and find that none of the candidates received a majority of the electoral votes. Upon further investigation, you will learn that the House of Representatives had to choose the president in this particular election.