To broaden their voting appeal in the presidential election of 1796, the Federalists selected Thomas Pinckney, a leading South Carolinian, as framing mate for the New Englander John Adams. But Pinckney’ s Southern friends chose to ignore their party’ s intentions and regarded Pinckney as a presidential candidate, creating a political situation that Alexander Hamilton was determined to exploit. Hamilton had long been wary of Adams’ stubbornly independent brand of politics and preferred to see his running mate, over whom he could exert more control, in the President’s chair.
The election was held under the system originally established by the Constitution. At that time there was but a single tally, with the candidate receiving the largest number of electoral votes declared President and the candidate with the second largest number declared Vice-President. Hamilton anticipated that all the Federalists in the North would vote for Adams and Pinckney equ
A. propose reforms of the procedures for election the President and Vice-President
B. describe the political events that lead to John Adams’ victory in the 1796
C. condemn Alexander Hamilton for interfering in the election of 1796
D. contrast the political philosophy of the Federalists to that of Thomas Jefferson
[A] He predicted electoral voting on the net would eventually become popular, but said tensions existed between being able to authenicate a vote and still maintain voter anonymity.
[B] Referring to his early days with the internet, he said: "We were just geeks." Dr Cerf spent time with the US Department of Defence in the late 1970s and early 1980s and is now looking to the future and the development of an interplanetary internet. Asked if he ever expected the internet to become so popular, Dr Cerf said the staggering number of users was a surprise. He identified one of the key issues facing the net today as privacy and said surveillance of e-mails and the internet was almost inevitable.
[C] "There’s no way to stop it technically—but the internet is a mirror of mankind. If we don’t like what we see in the mirror then touching up the mirror is not the answer."
[D] Internet pioneer Dr Vinton Cerf carries the affectionate
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