Question

jackson finally becomes president

1. which 3 states split their electoral votes in the election of 1828?

1. how do you know that jackson only received 1 electoral vote in maine?

1. in the election of 1824, jackson had more electoral votes than adams, but did not become president. why?

1. how many electoral votes did jackson gain between the elections of 1824 and 1828? (hint: jackson received 99 electoral votes in 1824)

1. how many electoral votes did adams lose between the elections of 1824 and 1828? (hint: adams received 84 electoral votes in 1824)

1. what area(s) of the country did adams win in 1828? why do you think this is so?

1. what area(s) of the country did jackson win in 1828? why do you think this is so?

1. from the results of the election of 1828, which party do you think will benefit from westward expansion? why?

Explanation:

1. Historical records of the 1828 U.S. Electoral College document these states splitting their votes.
2. Official 1828 Electoral College tallies for Maine confirm this single vote for Jackson.
3. The 12th Amendment requires a majority (not plurality) of electoral votes to win the presidency; Jackson had a plurality but no majority, so the House of Representatives chose Adams.
4. Jackson won 178 electoral votes in 1828; subtract his 1824 total to find the gain.
5. Adams won 83 electoral votes in 1828; subtract this from his 1824 total to find the loss.
6. Adams won New England, as it was a stronghold of his elite, pro-establishment, pro-commercial base.
7. Jackson won the South, West, and most mid-Atlantic states, as his populist message resonated with working-class, agrarian, and frontier voters.
8. The Democratic Party (Jackson's party) would benefit, as westward expansion added frontier states whose voters aligned with Jackson's populist, pro-agrarian platform.

Answer:

1. Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
2. This is confirmed by the official Electoral College vote counts from the 1828 election for the state of Maine.
3. No candidate won a majority of electoral votes, so the U.S. House of Representatives selected the president, and they chose Adams over Jackson.
4. 79 (calculated as $178 - 99 = 79$)
5. 1 (calculated as $84 - 83 = 1$)
6. Adams won the New England region. This was because New England was a stronghold of the elite, commercial, and establishment voters who supported Adams' pro-business, nationalistic policies.
7. Jackson won the Southern states, Western frontier states, and most Mid-Atlantic states. This was because his populist message, focus on expanding voting rights for white men, and alignment with agrarian interests resonated with the working-class, small-farmer, and frontier populations in these areas.
8. The Democratic Party (Andrew Jackson's party) would benefit from westward expansion. New western states tended to have populations of frontier settlers, small farmers, and working-class people who aligned with the Democratic Party's populist, pro-agrarian platform, rather than the more elite, pro-commercial platform of Adams' Whig Party.