Question

why did many Americans feel that the result of the 1824 election was fraudulent?

Answer 1

1. As Speaker of the House, Henry Clay helped John Quincy Adams become president: later, Adams appointed Clay secretary of state. 

2. It was possible that an unqualified person could receive a government job. 

3. Men who did not own property.

Answer 2

Many Americans felt that the result of the 1824 election was fraudulent because Henry Clay helped John Quincy Adams become president. Then, in 1825 Adams appointed Clay as the Secretary of State.

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