my question is why did john jay lose the election of 1800? everybody asks about everyone else but not john jay!

hi i need help on a school thing

Sorry- I’m adding this to my first response because I didn’t really understand everything!
Question:
If Jefferson and Burr were democratic-republican running mates then why did they have an equal number of electoral votes? Why were people voting on a vice-president?
 
Search Engine: Google URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1800

This first website was very helpful. It thoroughly explained why Aaron Burr went from Thomas Jefferson’s running mate, to his running opponent. This site was written by a man named Jimmy Wales. Wales is the founder of Wikipedia.com and is thought very highly of by USA Today and the New York Times. Because I found so much information on Wales and there didn’t seem to be any advertisements or pop-ups, I think this source is very reliable. Throughout the site there are several links, allowing you to further learn about a particular person or event, and there is even a map, showing you how the different states voted. This source fully explained my question.

Search Engine: Yahoo URL:
http://www.multied.com/elections/1800.html

This second website was not as helpful as the first. Instead of this site focusing more on the “scandal” between Jefferson and Burr, it zeros in on Jefferson and Adams. Unlike Wikipedia, this site was very wordy, providing you with neither pictures nor diagrams to help you further understand the material. However, this site was somewhat useful in helping me look at the election of 1800 on a larger scale. This site was written by MultiEducator, Inc. When I researched this company I found that they have published a lot of history based websites, such as HistoryCentral.com. Although this site seems just as reliable as the first, this site was not near as useful.

Answer to my question:
During the election of 1800, the United States Constitution stated that each presidential elector was to cast two votes and whoever came in first would become president, while whoever came in second would become vice-president. However, electors, meaning to cast a Jefferson-Burr vote, voted once for each and created a 73-73 tie between the two running mates. The election then went to the House of Representatives. It was there that, after much debate, the delegates voted in favor of Jefferson.

This is my website evaluation all over again because I left out alot of information the first time I did it. Sorry!
How did the House of Representatives become involved in this election and how did they make their decision between the two candidates?

Search Engine: Google URL: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h448.html

This website was useful because it gave more background information on the election, the candidates, and the parties. It also explained why the election went to the House (because the two top candidates were tied) and a little bit about why they voted the way they did. This editorials on this site are researched (and I think mostly written) by a man named Steve Avery. I couldn’t find any extra info on this man so I’m not really sure if he is an experienced researcher or if he held any other profession. The sources that this site uses are reputable sources such as well known history textbooks and federal government websites. There were a lot of pop ups that came up with this website and a lot of ads along the sides of the web page so I cannot be completely sure whether this site was trustworthy, but I think it was just because of the well-known sources and links.

Search Engine: Google URL: http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/1800.htm
This website was useful because it gave a “behind the scenes” look at the election. It gives info about the House of Representatives and how they became involved and also what happened to keep this situation (two deadlocked candidates) from happening again. The second website I used is a privately owned and operated site. This site used to be a government resource site (for articles and things like that) but then was eliminated. The aim of this site was to get all of those articles back online but this time, it was not a government site. However, this site is funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S Department of Education. Sites that link to ERICDigests are different educational organizations and quarterlies. There were no pop-ups or ads that came up with this site. From these findings, I think that this site was a great site to use to come up with accurate research.

My question:
The popular vote proved to be very close between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, and so the decision was turned over to the House of Representatives. The decision made by the House of Representatives was very clear-cut, and Thomas Jefferson received an obvious majority in the 10-4 vote. What were the political divisions in the House of Representatives at the time?

I searched on dogpile.com for "members of the House of Representatives in 1800" (I didn't enter it in quotes), and found this site: http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressio...story/partyDiv.html

My evaluation:
This is a government website; as a matter of fact, it is the actual website of the House of Representatives. This is perfect for answering my question, since my question was specifically about the House and its members. A specific author of this page is not listed, but it is attributed to the Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. The page was last updated on December 21, 2004, and since the information that I am trying to find is from 1800, this is a recent enough page to be accurate. The footnote cites a biographical document about the U.S. Congress. The website provides a link to another page with a list of links to other government department websites and a list of education links. All of the links on this list work and give access to sites that appear to be up to date as well. According to alexa.com, this web site has a traffic rank of 4,299, a very fast speed that is faster than 88% of sites, an average load time of .6 seconds, 275 outside sites that link into it, no pop-ups, and has been on-line since November of 1989. Lots of the sites that link into this site are news organizations, on-line encyclopedias, or educational sites. This website is very good for answering my question; it provides me only with raw number data and allows me to form my own conclusions using this data.

Answer to my question:
During the time of the election of 1800, the House of Representatives that was in session was that that served from 1799-1801. This session of the House was made up of 106 representatives and 1 delegate. 60 of these people were Federalists, and the other 46 were Jeffersonian Republicans. This means that about 56% were Federalists and about 44% were Republicans at the time of the election of 1800.

My Question is what types of things would affect the way people voted in the election of 1800? What type of political banners or news paper articles were made to campaign? Or what were the political strategies?

 One good website I found was http://www.americanpresident.org/history/t...ctions.common.shtml (Copyright 2003 The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia last updated on 01/19/2005 - 05:16) . This is a good website because it shows what political party Thomas Jefferson was and his nick names which were “Man of the People” and “Sage of Monticello”. This probly played a role in his campaign and there is a section toward the bottom/middle of the page that is titled “The Campaign and Election of 1800.” This tells all about the campaign in good detail. This page is also very interesting because it tells all sorts of other information on Thomas Jefferson.

 Another good website I found was http://www.c-span.org/classroom/govt/1800.asp (© 2005, National Cable Satellite Corporation). This pretty much will tell you everything you want to know about the actual campaign it’s self in short understandable ways.

to add to my first posting:

After having used the three links to check out the reliability of my two resources, I have found that they are both reliable. The first one, http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h448.html is still a reliable source. I found that several people link into this website and that it has not changed that much over the years and that the historical facts are still accurate. The second source, http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=582, is also still reliable because several other websites that have to do with the Constitution link into it. Even though it has changed a lot over the years, it is still an educatinal institute's website. The man who maintains it is a historian at that institute.

To add to my first posting--
the first website that i used: http://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am12 is still a very reliable source because after looking up the author, Steve Mount, i can see that he is very cabable of maintaining this website. He is the webmaster and researcher for the site and has credentials and experience in this area. Knowing his credentials and experience helps me to know that this site is okay to use for my own research because i can mostly trust that his information is correct. There are also a lot of other Constitution websites that link into this website so i know that it is helpful and correct because many other sites about the Constitution are using it too.

The 2nd website's information, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amend...States_Constitution, is provided by the Public Interest Registry, which sounds reliable however the PIR (Public Interest Registry) doesn't guarantee its accuracy, which is sort of sketchy. There is also only one website linking on to the wikipedia website however it is Wikipedia itself. This might be because it's an encyclopedia, but it's not to assuring knowing no one is linking into it. Because it is an encyclopedia, most of the information should be right, and the website does include a lot of information and i dont think it would be wrong. But just by evaluating the website it doesn't seem to be a very strong website to research the answer to my question.

Kaitlyn,

Take a look at the end of this web site. It answers your question a bit. I searched for "Election of 1800" + House of Representatives. The trick is to think about key words which will help you to find what you need. Great questions!!

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h448.html

Questions:
1. In this election in 1800 between Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, John Adams, Charles Pinckney, and John Jay, they have five candidates. Now, we have only two. Why is that? And when did they change that rule?

2. The election is also between two Democrats and three Federalists. Why are the Democrats out numbered?

3. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied at the electoral vote, but in the house vote Thomas Jefferson won by a landslide. Why is this? Did Jefferson have more connections or friends in the house?

4. Also in this election, a person was to vote twice. One votes for a president and then has a separate for the vice president. Why was this? And why did they change it?

Websites
1. http://www.multied.com/elections/1800.html
I couldn't really find anything that matched these questions. It was harder looking up questions instead of some words.

add to my first post...

The first website is published by a nonprofit organization and so would not gain anything from stating this information other then to inform. Because this webpage was edited by a member of the Mass. Historical Society, I feel that the information given is reliable and trustworthy. Also it was created/sponsored by the Miller Center of Public Affairs, which deals in education.

This is to add to my post before...

     This website is a commercial website so the main objective other than helping people learn, is to make money. This article being shown is published by PRIMEDIA History group which is reliable because it comes out of the American History magazine that tons of people read and learn from. Though this article was published in 1998, it is an old issue that we are learning to begin with, and no matter what date it was published, it will most likely have the same information. The author of the article is Larry Gragg, and though it is written personally, there’s really no reason for bias. The topic being discussed is too much factual and therefore opinion can’t really be associated. Larry Gragg is a history professor and has written two books, so his information is reliable and not uneducated. This article could also not be very reliable for the reason that the site isn’t completely dedicated to the election of 1800 and is merely a link from the search engine on about.com.

no no no i lied there from ask jeeves i though i had used google but i didnt! sorry!

Oh yeah i forgot to write both of my websites are from google!

Thomas Jefferson received 73 electoral votes and John Adams received 65 out of 138, 70 electoral votes was the majority.

Record your question here: Why during the 1800s were the people of the United States more in favor of the Democratic-Republicans ideas rather than the Federalists ideas? Or was Thomas Jefferson chosen rather than John Adams because the people of the United States thought John Adams was doing a lousy job as president?

Search Engine: http://www.americanpresidents.org/presiden...p?PresidentNumber=2
Search Engine: http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/hall2/jadamss.htm

In the first website it was from a credible site; its publisher was the national cable satellite corporation. Although this website is made by a commercial corporation it still seems to be credible since the information on their website is accurate. This website as I stated was created by America’s cable companies there was no specific author listed. This website was last updated in the year of 2005. The author’s credentials on John Adams does not seem that they are highly qualified for writing about this, but the information that this website has produced seems to have quality. Yes the information comes from other sources so therefore is foot noted. This website used books by John Adams and books written about John Adams to get their information on John Adams for this website. No the information in this website is not forged or fake it is written in the websites own words. No there are no other links to any addition resources on this topic.

In the second website the publisher seems very credible because it is the Smithsonian which is a very reputable museum in Washington D.C. This website was created by the Smithsonian institute. This website comes from an educational domain. This page was lasted dated in 2000 and even though that was a long time ago the information on this page has not changed. I don’t know the exact author of this page but the Smithsonian is a very reputable museum and people with very high credentials work there so I am sure the person who wrote this page had very high credentials in this material. No the information on the page about John Adams is not document with foot notes or links. This page on this website is not fake or forged. Many, many, many people/corporations/universities etc link to this page.This page is listed in one or more reputable directories or pages. People speak very highly of the Smithsonian website.

Aaron Burr received just as many votes as Thomas Jefferson yet we hear more about John Adams. Who was Aaron Burr and why is he not frequently mentioned?

Search Engine: www.dogpile.com
Website: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/aburr/burr.htm
This site was a good biography on Aaron Burr. It gave me a sturdy background and covered information ranging from loosing the election of 1800 in the House of Representatives to his duel with Alexander Hamilton. It also gives a descriptive timeline of his lifetime. Some of the information I do not trust such as the fact that he was a “sickly baby” (come on who knows that?) but it gives some direct facts that are useful.

What happened to the other states such as Georgia, Penn., North Carolina,Fl. during the elections? What happened to their votes?

http://www.essay.org/school/english/civilw.doc, this website is kinda helpful because it goes into the beginning of the Civil War, and it also talkes about how certain states (slave states), were kind of ignored because the north wanted to get rid of slavery.
The Southern states (votes would be tainted)

http://www.presidentelect.org/art_fowler_spot_nc.html
This website wasn't really helpful...it wasn't on the topic of my question.

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/silveira18.html
This website was a little helpful but no website really answered my question.

My question: Would Washington have been considered a Federalist.
My Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington

It was stated that George Washington had no affiliation with political parties but if he were to have one it would be the Federalists because of his opinions on certain topics. The topics that were discussed developed factions, which were groups with an opinion which fought for one specific cause and then died down. The website was thought to not really think of Federalist being a political party but a group with the same political philosophies versus ideology. The website is from a nonprofit British organization. It was published through Wikipedia Encycopledia and was last updated on March 14th, 2005. It is very reliable. It gives a lot of information on George Washington and helps to explain my question beyond the one question I had.

How did the House of representatives vote so unanimously when the counrt was so evenly split? How was the house divided in 1800 and is it as diverse as it is now?
http://wilkes-fs1.wilkes.edu/~hcox/legis/25H.pdf
This is simply a fact sheet of the house in 1800 and it shows every single person and part.

Why is Aaron Burr not talked about that much when he had just as many electoral votes as Thomas Jefferson?

Search Engine: www.dogpile.com
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/burr.html
This website was very helpful because it gave me background information about Aaron Burr and about his treason trial. It just outlined his life and was easy to read it quickly and able to understand it.

Search Engine: ww.dogpile.com
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/burr/Burr.htm
This website gave a more detailed look at the Aaron Burr Trial in 1807.

Later in 1804, the 12th amendment was added to the Constitution that changed the voting process. What was the reason for this change? Was it mainly because of what happened with the election of 1800 when Burr and Jefferson tied in electoral votes, or were there other reasons? What made Congress feel that the voting needed to be changed to this new way of voting for a president and vice president separately?

1st website: Dogpile: http://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am12
This website was written for educational purposes to explain the meaning of the Constitution and of each amendment. It was last updated in September of 2004, so it is pretty well managed. The publisher of the website is maintained by a single person, Steve Mount, however it is published under the usconstitution.net, so it is a pretty reliable source and not just some random person publishing a website about the Constitution. The website was helpful in understanding the 12th amendment and the problem of the election of 1800 that was the reason for the amendment. It helped me to understand the basic facts because it was very brief just stating the mean idea of the 12th amendment.

2nd website: Google http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amend...States_Constitution
This website is very reliable because it is off the wikipedia encyclopedia. It goes a lot more into depth about the 12th amendment and gives you lots of references and other hyperlinks onto some things you can learn more information about. It gave you each voting process from before the 12th amendment, under the 12th amendment, and the voting process from 1804 to now. This website gives you all the paticulars and also focuses on the facts more.
From both of these websites it doesn't seem that there was another reason for the 12th amendment, other than the election of 1800, because neither of them discussed another reason.

Who is John Jay?

Search engine: google.com
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/jay.htm
This website was very useful for my purposes. It included a biography of John Jay and also quick facts. It included the most important information and excluded information that was irrelevant. It was an easy way to learn about John Jay’s life.
Search engine: Av.com
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/legal_entity/1/biography
This website provides a short, yet detailed biography of John Jay. It also provides a page of quick facts and back ground info and an overview. Lastly, it contains links to other John Jay sites.

How did the House of Representatives become involved in this election and how did they make their decision between the two candidates?

Search Engine: Google URL: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h448.html

This website was useful because it gave more background information on the election, the candidates, and the parties. It also explained why the election went to the House (because the two top candidates were tied) and a little bit about why they voted the way they did.

Search Engine: Google URL: http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/1800.htm
This website was useful because it gave a “behind the scenes” look at the election. It gives info about the House of Representatives and how they became involved and also what happened to keep this situation (two deadlocked candidates) from happening again. ButI had trouble finding info about how the House came to their decision.

Aaron burr, who is this man? he won the same number of electorial votes as thomas jefferson, yet iv never heard of him? what happened to him after the election?

http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/burr.html
--> this website is called history valley forge, its used by the general public to find information on valley forge, or anything having to do with valley forge.

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001133
--> this website is a biographical directory of the United States Congress. this site is used by the general public, history students and allows people to find out any information on men from the past who were on/a part of the United States Congress.

I could be wrong, but I thought that most Southern states were Republican-Democratic while most Northern states were Federalist. Looking at the map, there were a few states such as New York and Maryland that either did not vote for the candidate that was characteristic of their region or were split in half. Why is this?

Google:
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h448.html

 My evaluation of the website is that it is useful, helpful, and factually correct. The URL is not a name, but u-s-history.com pages. It is copywrighted by Online Highways. The server corresponds to the site, and there is an “about us” page for Online Highways. Apparently, U-S-history was created because they believed that an understanding of history enriches a traveling experience. The copywright is 2002-2005 so the information is up to date and current. There are links on the page that include maps, tables, and glossary. Its table of electoral votes for the election of 1800 is the same of that of the website that was provided for this assignment. Therefore, this information is reliable. It even answered my question about New York directly.

Dogpile:
http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?control=582

 My evaluation of the website is that it is accurate and highly useful. It incorporates a recent timeline of events into its analysis of the 1800 election. First, the URL indicates that it is an organization. The URL and the title of the web page do correspond to each other. The home page indicates that the Ludwig Van Mises Institute is a University in Austria. There are links to contact information, resources, and an about page. The website’s faculty and staff include professors from Austria as well as America. The article that I accessed is the work of the historian-in-residence of the institute. This site mentioned such important events such as the Whiskey Rebellion which probably caused Pennsylvania to be split in the 1800 election.

Why did they vote the way they did? I would of thought or maybe common sense to me- that if they chose a president and a vice president that it would have been easier rather than choosing two presidents?

google.com:
<http://www.votescount.com/books/elecoll.htm>;
This wesbsite is from a company (votescount.com). This website isn't as helpful as the other website, but it gave more information about the actual "electoral vote" process and how it has changed. It also gives the pros and cons of the electoral college vote. This website gives a wide spread view of historical information about the electoral college.

msn.com:
<http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articl...ectionof1800.htm>;
This website is also from a company (socialstudiesforkids.com). It has a cheesy name, but i thought it was more useful than the other website. This website was more useful because it actually mentioned the election of 1800 and why they voted the way they did. Eventhough it is a kids website I thought it was more helpful. This website talked about how the Alien and Sedition Acts might have affected the election of 1800. It also mentioned how Hamilton came into the picture and his standing in this election.

Aaron Burr won just as many electoral votes as Thomas Jefferson, but didn't win any states. I don't even know who he is! What views did he have that differed from Thomas Jefferson, that would make him want to run against him, even though they are both democratic-republicans?

msn.com:
<http://www.john-adams.org/aaronburr.org/aaronburr.net/>;

This website was very helpful. It is more realiable, since it is from an organization called Stanlos.com and is up to date. The entire site has many links off of it to search different time periods in history and science. The tone of the website is informative, and not persuasive, making me feel as if I am reading information that is not one-sided. The wesbite gives a general overview of Aaron Burr's life, but also talks in deal about the election of 1800, and some of his views, which helps answer my question.

google.com:
<http://nationalhistoryday.org/03_educators.../new_page_15.htm>;

This website is also from the National History Day organization, and is set up almost like a text book. This website is not as helpful to answering my question, but it gives me much information on the actually election, and the acts of the House of Representatives, and so on. This is more of an overview type website, but helpful for understanding so background information.

I am choosing to anylayze the second website. It is writen by Doug Linder whois a law professeur at UMKC and lives in Washington DC. He does not in my opinion have a bias but presents the facts of Aaron Burr and his duel and the proceddings that occured after. When looking on Altavista for websites in which this site was a link off of I only found educational websites such as: Famous Cases, What is treason?, and About Aaron Burr. The last 3 letters of the site show the viewer that it is an educational site!

Unlike Jefferson, we havent heard or read that much about Aaron Burr. He wasnt mentioned attending any of the conventions that led to the creation of our new nation. What were Aaron Burr's political advancements that gave him enough experiance for him to be elected president?

Website 1:
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/burr.html
-google search
This website helped me to understand the background of Burr and his encounters with Washington in the military to his political encounters with Hamilton. He got his political experiance by being a senator, an attorney general, had a spot on his state legislature and helped organize the Democratic Party in New York.

Website 2:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/B...PoliticalCareer.asp
-google search
This next website helps to understand the transition in Burr's career from a law student to a career in politics. He also served in the American Revolution as a solider. Him and Hamilton didnt get along so they challenged each other to a duel when Burr KILLED Hamillton!

if Jefferson and Burr were democratic-republican running mates then why did they have an equal number of electorial votes? IM SO CONFUSED! why were people voting on a vice-president?

website #1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1800
-google search, organization- Jimmy Wales

website #2
http://www.multied.com/elections/1800.html
-yahoo search, company- network solutions, llc

The first site (wikipedia.org) helped me understand why Jefferson and Burr went from running mates to running opponents. The second site (wultied.com) wasn't as helpful as the first because it didn't really focus in on the "scandal" between Jefferson and Burr, but it did put the election into perspective- giving an overview.

1) Our site is .org which means that it is an orginization. This is a non prophit organization that is ran
2) The author is Jimmy Wales who is a minister from California, the website goes down in levels it goes down from Wikipedia then down to Aaron Burr
http://www.jimmywales.com/ - google search
3) Go daddy software, Inc. Is the publisher
domain = wikipedia.org
link found about go daddy software:
http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp
4) There is no bias, there is just information being given, there is just raw facts about him.
5)president of the united states, thomas jefferson, folkboms rambles and rants, gothamist hamilton-burr duel, political leaders. Good links off this page.
6)the site was updated 2ce just to make minor changes.

Edited by author 03-15-2005 10:11 AM
Why did John Adams lose the election of 1800 and what was Thomas Jefferson's advantages during the election?

http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/04_b_1801.html

http://www.libertyexpress.org/content/Jeff...0The%20Election.htm

the first website helps to answer the question about John Adams and the reasons for why he lost the election. By looking at the url i can tell that it is an organization and by the title and subjects it contains it is a private buisness advertising and giving information to people. The second website talks about thomas jeffersons election but it also talks about how the media affected the election which i thought was cool since we had study the media during english. This website is an informational one with written works on it. The author of my topic is Greg Hamilton of the Northwest Religious Liberty Association but it doesnt have very many links.

At what year was it made a law that there only had to be one canidate per party?

http://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_34_26.html

http://www.teachingpolitics.com/pdf/chrono...political%20parties'

Question: We hear so much about Jefferson and not Burr when really Burr recieved the same electorial votes as he did, Jefferson did win, but it is almost as if Burr was not even there.

WEBSITES:
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/burr.html
Search Engine- www.Yahoo.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr
Search Engine- www.Yahoo.com

The first website was helping me understand who Burr was and his position and how he came to be. The second website gave me a better understanding about how he grew up and ran for office and was elected, etc. The source for this website is Wikipedia and its very straight forward in its facts, the first website was from USHISTORY.org which is also a very trustful website. Both of these websites give me a better ground foundation of knowing more about Burr and how he stood in the matter of politics. This is a very useful website in two ways one, informing and two, teaching new facts to people who are researching just like us. -- I recommend itt

Question: What were some main reasons for John Adams losing the election in 1800?

WEBSITES:
<http://www.americanpresident.org/history/j...y/printable.html>;
<http://www.ehistory.com/world/amit/display.cfm?amit_id=2399>;

Both of these websites help to explain why John Adams was not a popular man during the elections in 1800. His most known action while president was the passing of the Alien and Sedition Act, which was aimed at immigrants and those criticizing the government. Not to mention his own political party did not like him because they didn’t feel he supported their views enough. Although he kept the nation out of war with “competing European powers”, many people wanted to go to war and so did not approve of his decision. The first website I felt was not as biased as the second one and told both sides of John Adams while the second website only states his faults.

Edited by author 03-14-2005 10:37 PM
Search Engine: www.dogpile.com
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr
Search Engine: Google
URL: http://www.juntosociety.com/vp/aaronburr.html
Question: When Jefferson was re-elected in 1805, why did he ask George Clinton to be his vice president, why didn’t he ask Aaron Burr?
* Aaron Burr had killed Alexander Hamilton wheras George Clinton had a good record with the U.S., he had been in the military.
The first website I looked at was really good and really helpful. It helped me understand background information (like when the website brought up Benedict Arnold you could click on a link on him and "get to know him").
The second URL that I visited, I'm not sure that I would reccomend it considering some of the links that were on the website such as, “Sell your Music Downloads!” and “Magic Learning System” plus “VA Loan Information” those were the downsides, but the information seemed okay.

Question: We only hear about Thomas Jefferson and John Adams when we talk about the election of 1800. Kate already mentioned Burr but what about poor Pinckney? What was his story?

Search Engine: Google
URL:http://www.nndb.com/people/083/000049933/

Evaluation:
 This website is not someone's personal page but it is a commercial site. I think this site may have been more reliable if it was a .gov site but since it covers lots of differnet topics (not just governmental ones) I guess it couldn't be that. There is an agency who takes care of the page so it is not just one person and the copyright date is this year so it means its current. The page has no one sided information. It just has facts. There are links to other parts of the website with relevant information and all of the links work properly.

Tis a good website :D

Edited by author 03-14-2005 07:56 PM

What were some of the main reasons that John Adams was not re-elected?

http://americanhistory.about.com/library/prm/blordervliberty2.htm
     This website is an article off of the about.com site. It is not a personal website but posts articles that come out of a magazine called “American History”. The article is explaining the Aurora, a newspaper that frequently bashed the federal government, and mostly John Adams. While first learning about John Adams was being made fun of by citizens, you only get one side of the story, and as a result you feel bad for Adams. This article shows that not only were the Republicans saying bad things about the Federalists, but the Federalists were just as negative towards the Republicans. As a result of the criticism towards the federal government, the Alien and Sedition acts were passed. Though Adams did not frame them or encourage the introduction of the acts, he supported them, and in return, lost votes from the citizens in his re-elections. These acts banned criticism of the government with the result of punishment. Not only were the journalists attacked by government, but individuals were too. This site explains incidents of people being persecuted for failing to obey the Alien and Sedition Acts and also shows the process of Adams being beat by Republicans and having the acts being taken away.

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Kate Cummings

Why is Aaron Burr’s name not mentioned frequently in history if he won more votes in the Electoral College than Jefferson? What did he continue to do in his life?
General overview:
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/burr.html
Tried for treason:
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/f...rr/burraccount.html

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