LEADER 03775nam 2200469 450 001 9910453421603321 005 20210210010858.0 010 $a0-19-972854-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001204507 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087532 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5751562 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279495 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001204507 100 $a20190626d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAdams vs. Jefferson $ethe tumultuous election of 1800 /$fJohn Ferling 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d[2004] 210 4$dİ2004 215 $a1 online resource (288 p. )$cill., maps 225 1 $aPivotal moments in American history 311 $a0-19-518906-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aIn this crisp, compelling narrative , John Ferling traces the 1800 election, from its roots in the politics of the 1790's to its epochal conclusion. He brings together both the outsize personalities and the hotly contested political issues of the time, to show why that moment was a milestone in U.S. history. 330 $bIt was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral College and led to a crisis in which the young republic teetered on the edge of collapse. Adams vs. Jefferson is a gripping account of a true turning point in American history, a dramatic struggle between two parties with profoundly different visions of how the nation should be governed. Adams led the Federalists, conservatives who favored a strong central government, and Jefferson led the Republicans, egalitarians who felt the Federalists had betrayed the Revolution of 1776 and were backsliding toward monarchy. The campaign itself was a barroom brawl every bit as ruthless as any modern contest, with mud-slinging--Federalists called Jefferson "a howling atheist"--scare tactics, and backstabbing. The low point came when Alexander Hamilton printed a devastating attack on Adams, the head of his own party, in "fifty-four pages of unremitting vilification." The election ended in a stalemate in the Electoral College that dragged on for days and nights and through dozens of ballots. Tensions ran so high that the Republicans threatened civil war if the Federalists denied Jefferson the presidency. Finally a secret deal that changed a single vote gave Jefferson the White House. A devastated Adams left Washington before dawn on Inauguration Day, too embittered even to shake his rival's hand. Jefferson's election, John Ferling concludes, consummated the American Revolution, assuring the democratization of the United States and its true separation from Britain. With magisterial command, Ferling brings to life both the outsize personalities and the hotly contested political questions at stake. He shows not just why this moment was a milestone in U.S. history, but how strongly the issues--and the passions--of 1800 resonate with our own time. 410 0$aPivotal moments in American history. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection$y1800 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1797-1801 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPresidents$xElection 676 $a324.973044 700 $aFerling$b John E.$0475858 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453421603321 996 $aAdams vs. Jefferson$91218449 997 $aUNINA