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"It 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...
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[2004]
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English
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Presents the twists and turns of the presidential election of 1800, in which Federalist John Adams faced Republican Thomas Jefferson in an acrimonious campaign that resulted in a tie between Jefferson and his vice-presidential running mate Aaron Burr, placing the outcome in the hands of the outgoing Federalist House of Representatives.
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