Question

1. how did the increasing power of political parties affect the candidates in the presidential election of 1800? each party nominated one candidate for president. each party nominated presidential and vice - presidential candidates. the parties split the vote for president and vice president. many parties split the electoral vote.

Explanation:

In the 1800 presidential election, the increasing power of political parties led to each party (the Federalists and the Democratic - Republicans) nominating presidential and vice - presidential candidates. The first option is incorrect as parties nominated for both positions. The third option is wrong because the issue was that the electoral college voting system at that time didn't distinguish between presidential and vice - presidential votes (so the same number of votes were cast for president and vice - president within a party's ticket), not that parties split the vote in that way. The fourth option is incorrect as there were mainly two major parties, not many splitting the electoral vote.

Answer:

B. Each party nominated presidential and vice - presidential candidates.