... except for a few within state delegations that did not alter any state's vote. With the end of Adams" term only two weeks away, the deadlock was creating a major crisis (Cunningham, 130). On February 17, on the thirty-sixth ballot, Jefferson received the votes of 10 states and was elected President. The Federalists had finally yielded. They decided to give up on ... ...

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... of well-watered, free land was drawing to a close. A warning had been given in 1880 by the Director of the Census that the era of free land was closing (Horn 130). The swift expansion across the Great Plains was, in part, a rush of American farmers who wanted to take part in free and cheap land in areas that were well watered ... ...

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