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Why Did Andrew Jackson's Supporters Accuse John Quincy Adams and Henry

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Why did Andrew Jackson's supporters accuse John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay of engaging in a "corrupt bargain" after the results of the presidential election of 1824 were finalized?


A) Adams appointed Clay as secretary of state after Clay and his followers voted for him in the House of Representatives.
B) Adams and Clay convinced John C. Calhoun to drop out of the race for president and run as Jackson's vice-presidential candidate instead.
C) As Speaker of the House, Clay ordered that the vote be held on a day when many of Jackson's supporters in Congress were not present.
D) Adams replaced his original vice president with Clay in exchange for his vote in the House of Representatives.

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