Americans are headed to the polls today to cast their ballots in a crucial election. People are anxious, hopeful, and scared about the stakes of the election and its aftermath. But this is not the ...

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Election eve, 1800 -- An affection that can never die : Adams and Jefferson -- Dark and menacing evils : creating the new national system, 1786-1792 -- War on our own citizens : partisanship, ...

Inauguration day, March 4, 1801 -- The origins of national politics in the early republic -- The failure of national unity -- The Republicans' response : the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions -- The ...