Apush important Presidential Dates study guide

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What year is known as the "Revolution of 1800," the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties, where Aaron Burr ties with Jefferson leading to the 12th amendment?

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1800

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The corrupt bargain: Jackson has largest vote, but loses election in the House of Representatives when JQ Adams gets support from Henry Clay (then appointed to secretary of state three days later)

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1824

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When did Jackson become the first president from the west and the Democratic Republicans get renamed Democrats?

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1828

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First election with mass political participation; log cabin and hard cider; tippecanoe and Tyler too

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1840

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Republican Lincoln wins with a minority (less than 50% of the popular vote); Democrats are split; South Carolina seceded in December

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1860

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Union party wins election – – coalition of Republicans and war Democrats

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1864

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What year did the "Compromise of 1877" occur, when Republicans got Hayes elected in return for union troop removal from the south, ending reconstruction?

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1876

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McKinley defeats Bryan, thus ending populist hopes of reforms; decline in a farmer voting afterwards. What year did this occur?

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1896

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Democrat Wilson wins after Republican party is split between Taft and Roosevelt; Roosevelt forms the bowl moose party and comes in second. What year did this occur?

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1912

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Republicans win on Hardings platform of “normalcy”

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1920