<p>I have to make this sheet on critical elections and I was wondering what some of them were, so feel free to post, and if possible why they were critical.</p>
<p>Election of 1896 - McKinley v. WJ Bryan - First election w/ modern campaigning (ex-McKinley would wait outside of his door and do interviews there. Bryan was able to go around on railroad as well. Set up Republican rule for the next decade).</p>
<p>Election of 1824 - Jackson/JQA/Henry Clay - The infamous "corrupt bargain" election, in which Adams declared Clay speaker of the house. Clay used his power to sway the vote towards Adams. Once Adams won, he announced Clay as his Vice President.</p>
<p>Election of 2000/2004 - You know why =p</p>
<p>1877 hayes/tilden election. because they had a bargain that ended reconstruction.</p>
<p>also maybe all of FDRs elections, because he broke the two-term tradition?</p>
<p>Perhaps 1800 as the end of the reign of the Federalists</p>
<p>On a semi-related note, I heard the other day that the Wizard of Oz was originally intended to be an allegory for the Election of 1896. The gold road is for the gold standard, the silver slippers for the silver standard. I think that Bryan was supposed to be the Lion, McKinley the Wizard, the factory worker the Tin Man, and the farmer the Scarecrow.</p>
<p>Hayes- Tilden in 1877: the end of reconstruction
Lincoln- Douglas in 1860: jumpstart to southern secession</p>
<p>also kennedy/nixon 1960. it was the first major televised campaign and nixon really embarrassed himself on the televised debates which helped kennedy.</p>
<p>How difficult is the AP U.S. Govt. Exam?</p>
<p>1816-Era of Good Feelings</p>
<p>1932-FDR/New Deal</p>
<p>1800-"Revolution" of 1800</p>
<p>1960-Kennedy/Nixon First television campaign, image becomes a factor</p>
<p>1980-Ronald Reagan "Reagan Revolution" "Reaganomics"</p>
<p>1964-Johnson's victory over Goldwater leads to The Great Society, Civil Rights Act of '64, Voting Rights Act of '65. Also, while we don't know what a Goldwater victory would have led to we do know that it was Johnson who greatly escalated U.S. involvement in Vietnam. (Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in August prior to the election was at least in part politically motivated.) </p>
<p>1924-As stated previously.</p>
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On a semi-related note, I heard the other day that the Wizard of Oz was originally intended to be an allegory for the Election of 1896. The gold road is for the gold standard, the silver slippers for the silver standard. I think that Bryan was supposed to be the Lion, McKinley the Wizard, the factory worker the Tin Man, and the farmer the Scarecrow.
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<p>Littlefield's thesis has pretty much been discounted along with Beard's thesis on the Framers of the Constituion and Turner's Frontier thesis. These are important though for the scholarship and research they sparked.</p>
<p>Nobody has mentioned 1948, the year Harry Truman got elected. Besides the whole "Dewey defeats Truman" headline, this election was important as it was at the beginning of the Cold War.</p>
<p>Study all of them! :)</p>
<p>But another, not really an election since he took over after McKinley's assassination was Theodore Roosevelt. He was part of the progressive movement and initiated the "Square Deal". He cracked down on bad trusts and those who were trying to eliminate competition among big businesses. He also supported labor unions, helped pass the Pure Food and Drug Act as well as the Meat Inspection Act. Okay... sorry for rambling on haha, just practicing for the SAT II and APUSH test. :P</p>
<p>1800 .</p>
<p>1800- Burr vs Jefferson. Tied with Burr in the Electoral College, House of Representitives had to vote placing Jefferson as winner. Also institued 12th Amendment, giving voters a chance to vote for party tickets.<br>
-Burr Kills Hamilton =(</p>