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.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.