How did the election of 1796 increase political tensions?

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After the Revolution, women demanded an equal voice and vote in politics.
After the Revolution, women demanded an equal voice and vote in politics.

President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson belonged to different political parties and did not agree on government policy.
President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson belonged to different political parties and did not agree on government policy.

Northerners were unhappy that Southerners, who counted enslaved people as part of the population, had so much more representation in Congress.
Northerners were unhappy that Southerners

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President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson belonged to different political parties and did not agree on government policy.

This division between the Federalists, led by Adams, and the Democratic-Republicans, led by Jefferson, heightened political tensions and set the stage for future conflicts between the two parties.