... in a peaceful and orderly manner which marked the maturity of the nation's first system of political parties (Cunningham, 101). The election was a party contest for control of the national government and for determining the direction and management of national policy. The election was different than any election that followed, because it pitted the president and the vice-president against one ... of the ticket and information to be used in campaigning. The Federalists formed a similar organizational structure, though less extensive than that of the Republicans. Other states also followed...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... its most serious troubles. He served under George Washington as the first vice president, and followed him as the second president. The United States government moved from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., during Adams's administration, and he became the first president to live in the White House. Adams was ... had escaped from the South to Washington. In the 1870's, she tried to persuade the federal government to set aside undeveloped lands in the West as farms for blacks. But her plan won no government support. Ralph Waldo Emerson ranks as a leading figure in the thought and literature ...

• Word Count: 3135
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... wrote the Declaration of Independence. Served as Secretary of State under Washington and Vice president under Madison. III. Served two terms (1800-1808) IV. Key issues prominent in Election- federal government vs. state's rights, westward expansion of the nation, Native Americans, the freedom of lower class white men. V. Opponents A. First Election (1800)- Aaron Burr (Democratic-Republican), John Adams ... was extension of fight about protection from pirates in Barbary States. B. Marbury v. Madison (1803)- Supreme Court of the United States established its authority to review and inval...

• Word Count: 2529
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School