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Farmers and shopkeepers were angry that the wealthy elite controlled the major leadership of the government.
President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson belonged to different political parties and did not agree on government policy.
After the Revolution, women demanded an equal voice and vote in politics
Northerners were unhappy that Southerners, who counted enslaved people as part of the population, had so much more representation in Congress.
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The response that best explains how the election of 1796 increased political tensions is:
President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson belonged to different political parties and did not agree on government policy.
This election marked the first time that a president and a vice president were from opposing political parties (Adams was a Federalist, and Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican), leading to significant political discord and tension in the early U.S. government.
