Question

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who were the frontrunners in the election of 1800?
1 john adams and thomas jefferson
2 george washington and alexander hamilton
3 benjamin franklin and john hancock
4 james madison and aaron burr
john adams and thomas jefferson didnt actually come to blows during the election of 1800, but they probably came close. they certainly exchanged insults. but when the dust settled, jefferson was the winner.
main idea after the election of thomas jefferson, the nation steered a course to a more limited and less expensive government.
breaking the tie
the election of 1800 was filled with tension and political divisions, and the fact that the frontrunners were the incumbent, or current, president and vice president added to it. president adams, the federalist, had spent the past four years building a strong government. vice president thomas jefferson, the democratic-republican, believed adams had favored businessmen from the north. to persuade the nation to elect him, jefferson promised a limited government and lower taxes.

Explanation:

The supporting text explicitly states that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the candidates in the 1800 election, with their race being close and Jefferson emerging as the winner. The other pairs are incorrect as they either involve figures who were not frontrunners in this specific election or were from different time periods.

Answer:

1. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson