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Jacksonian Era Elections

During the 1820s drastic changes were made to the political landscape in the United States. The Republican Party, the party of the common man was becoming the party of the wealthy man, while a new political party was emerging as the party of the common man, the Democratic Party. In this exercise you will learn how the rise of population led to the increase in democracy in America. Follow the step and answer the following questions about using the website, 270towin.com 1. Go to 270towin.com and change the map year to 1820 a. Who were the candidates running in this election? How many electoral votes did each get? (Hint: look on the right side of the page)

b. Why do you think the popular is not available?

2. Change the map year to 1824 a. Who were the Candidates running in this election? What party did they belong to?

b. Who received the most electoral votes? Was it enough to a majority?

c. Who received the most popular vote? Calculate the number of voters in this election.

d. Who won the election? Why?

3. Change the map year to 1828 a. Who were the candidates running in this election? What party did they belong to?

b. Who received the most electoral votes?

c. Who received the most popular votes? Calculate the number of voters in this election

d. Was the number of total electors in this election larger than the previous? Why do you think this happened?

4. Look at the election years of 1832, 1836, 1840, and 1844 and calculate the total number of voters for each year. Create a graph showing the change in voter numbers from 18241844. Year 1824 1828 1832 1836 1840 1844 Total voters

5. Do you think the change in voter total is positive or negative? Why?