1. Chapter 10
Section 1

2. The Election of 1800
The Election of 1800 was between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
At the time, the Constitution stated that electors were to cast 2 ballots without indicating which one was for president and which one was for vice president.
The candidate with the majority of votes became president, and the candidate with the next-largest number of votes became vice president.

4. Assignment- Election of 1800 Campaign Poster
Direction: Design a campaign poster for the Election of 1800 either supporting or attacking Thomas Jefferson or John Adams. Your poster must include all of the following:
 Emphasis on the candidate’s political party’s beliefs and who they might be trying to appeal to.
Consideration of important events of the time: potential war with France and/or Great Britain, economic concerns, views on size and power of the central government, views on the Alien and Sedition Acts etc.
You can highlight previous positions. i.e. Adams current president, previous VP; Jefferson current VP, previous secretary of state
Hand-drawn pictures (no pictures from the Internet) One must be a portrait of your candidate and at least one other visual.
Color, color, and more color
5 bullets minimum with info

5. Campaign Poster Information
Federalist
Democratic Republican
John Adams for president and Charles Pinckney for vice president.
• Favored a strong national government
• Favored limiting the power of the states
• Wanted to develop industry nationally; favored by merchants, bankers, manufacturers
Supported protective tariffs
• Against too much individual freedom
Pro British
Supported Alien & Sedition Acts
Attacks made on this party: Adams wanted to bring back the monarchy and only cared about the wealthy.
Thomas Jefferson for president and Aaron Burr for vice president.
• Favored a weak national government(wanted to limit its power)
• Supported states’ rights
• Wanted to focus on agriculture; favored by farmers
Did not support protective tariffs
• Favored freedom of speech and the press
Pro French
Against Alien and Sedition Acts
Attacks made on this party: Jefferson was godless because he believed in religious freedom and did not attend church as frequent. He also supported the French Revolution

6. Bankers, manufacturers, merchants.
Federalist
Democratic-Republicans
Bankers, manufacturers, merchants.
Encouraged good relations and trade with Great Britain. Distrusted France, which had just experienced a revolution.
Small farmers, settlers, plantations owners, artists, shopkeepers.
Encouraged good relations and trade with France. Distrusted Great Britain who had fought the U.S. to prevent their independence.

7. There is a Tie When the electors voted in 1800, there was a tie.
Jefferson and Burr received the same number of votes, so the vote moved to the House of Representatives.
The House voted 35 times.
Each time the vote was a tie.
Finally, Jefferson won, he became the 3rd president
Aaron Burr his Vice President.

8. The 12th Amendment
As a result of the 1800 election, Congress passed the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution in 1803.
The Twelfth Amendment states that electors in the Electoral College must cast one of their votes for president and the other for vice president. This was done to prevent another tie in the future.