Which of the Following Did NOT Happen During the Election

question 79

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did NOT happen during the election of 1828?

• A) Andrew Jackson challenged Henry Clay to a duel for having engineered his defeat in the "corrupt bargain" of 1824.
• B) John Quincy Adams's supporters accused Andrew Jackson of murder.
• C) Adams's supporters questioned the morality of Andrew Jackson's wife because she married Jackson while she was still married to another man.
• D) Jackson's supporters claimed that Adams had engaged in objectionable sexual practices while serving as a diplomat abroad.
• E) Adams kept in office federal employees who openly campaigned for his opponent.

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Directors

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