link to the game: https://jeopardylabs.com/play/us-contested-presidential-elections

 

Sources (grouped by category):

CANDIDATES & OTHER PROMINENT FIGURES

 

CNN Library. “Al Gore Fast Facts.” CNN, March 14, 2019. https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/us/al-gore-fast-facts/index.html.

 

The Hermitage. “Military Life | Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage,” n.d. https://thehermitage.com/military-life.

 

Van Deusen, Glyndon G. “University of Rochester Library Bulletin: The Life and Career of William Henry Seward, 1801-1872 | RBSCP.” Rochester.edu, 2018. https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/3452.

 

Writer, Staff. “Jackson Launched Controversial First Seminole War in Florida in 1818.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 2002. https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2002/12/12/jackson-launched-controversial-first-seminole-war-in-florida-in-1818/28732419007/.

 

“Jackson Launched Controversial First Seminole War in Florida in 1818.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, n.d. https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2002/12/12/jackson-launched-controversial-first-seminole-war-in-florida-in-1818/28732419007/.

 

CONSTITUTION 

Civil Rights Division of the U.S Department of Justice. “The Shelby County Decision,” August 6, 2015. https://www.justice.gov/crt/shelby-county-decision.

 

“Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis.” Congressional Research Service, October 6, 2020. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R40504/7.

 

National Archives. “Voting Rights Act (1965).” National Archives, February 8, 2022. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/voting-rights-act.

 

Norton, Tom. “Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Call to Suspend the Constitution?” Newsweek, August 24, 2023. https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-call-suspend-constitution-gop-debate-chris-christie-1822131.

 

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “United States Presidential Election of 1800 | Candidates, Results, & Facts.” In Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1800.

 

The Miller Center. “Aaron Burr (1801-1805) | Miller Center.” The University of Virginia, October 4, 2016. https://millercenter.org/president/jefferson/essays/burr-1801-vicepresident.

 

The U.S. Senate. “U.S. Senate: Presidential Succession Act,” n.d. https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/president-pro-tempore/presidential-succession-act.htm.

 

JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH INVOLVEMENT

 

Bomboy, Scott. “Looking Back: The Electoral Commission of 1877 | Constitution Center.” National Constitution Center – constitutioncenter.org, January 4, 2021. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/looking-back-the-electoral-commission-of-1877.

 

National Archives. “Electoral College Timeline of Events,” September 12, 2019. https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/key-dates.

 

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Bush v. Gore | Summary, Decision, Significance, & Facts.” In Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019. https://www.britannica.com/event/Bush-v-Gore.

 

“United States Presidential Election of 1800 | Candidates, Results, & Facts.” In Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1800.

 

“United States Presidential Election of 1876 | United States Government | Britannica.” In Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1876.

 

Wikipedia Contributors. “List of Vice Presidents of the United States Who Ran for President.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, September 26, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vice_presidents_of_the_United_States_who_ran_for_president.

 

CONTROVERSIES, RIOTS, PROTESTS, AND VIOLENCE

 

Smith, A. I. P. (2015). Beyond the Realignment Synthesis: The 1860 Election Reconsidered. In G. Davies & J. E. Zelizer (Eds.), America at the Ballot Box: Elections and Political History (pp. 59–74). University of Pennsylvania Press. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt16f8d6d.6

 

American Battlefield Trust. “John Brown’s Harpers Ferry Raid.” American Battlefield Trust, March 28, 2017. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/topics/john-browns-harpers-ferry-raid.

Hogan, Margaret. “‘Corrupt Bargain’ .” millercenter.org, October 14, 2020. https://millercenter.org/contested-presidential-elections/corrupt-bargain.

 

Quinn, Melissa, and Graham Kates. “Trump’s 4 Indictments in Detail: A Quick-Look Guide to Charges, Trial Dates and Key Players for Each Case – CBS News.” www.cbsnews.com, August 29, 2023. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-indictments-details-guide-charges-trial-dates-people-case/.

 

Supreme Court of the United States. “SUPREME COURT of the UNITED STATES Syllabus TRUMP v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI to the UNITED STATES COURT of APPEALS for the DISTRICT of COLUMBIA CIRCUIT,” 2023. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf.

 

The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. “‘Jefferson Is in Every View Less Dangerous than Burr’: Hamilton on the Election of 1800 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History,” n.d. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/jefferson-every-view-less-dangerous-burr-hamilton.

 

Writer, Emily Czachor Staff. “What Is the Brooks Brothers Riot? ‘Stop the Count’ Protests Draw Comparison.” Newsweek, November 4, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/what-brooks-brothers-riot-stop-count-protests-draw-comparisons-november-2000-election-chaos-1544989.

 

ELECTORAL COLLEGE

 

Blackford, Sheila. “Disputed Election of 1876 | Miller Center.” millercenter.org, September 30, 2020. https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/disputed-election-1876.

 

Levy, Michael. “United States Presidential Election of 1860 | United States Government.” In Encyclopædia Britannica, October 30, 2018. https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860.

 

Library of Congress. “What Is the Law on Faithless Electors? – Ask a Librarian.” The Library of Congress, January 11, 2023. https://ask.loc.gov/law/faq/331082.

 

National Archives. “1860 Electoral College Results,” November 5, 2019. https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/1860.

 

National Popular Vote. “5 of 46 Presidents Came into Office without Winning the National Popular Vote,” October 6, 2020. https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/5-46-presidents-came-office-without-winning-national-popular-vote.

 

“SUPREME COURT of the UNITED STATES,” 2019. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-465_i425.pdf#page=4.

 

The National Park Service. “War Declared: States Secede from the Union! – Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (U.S. National Park Service),” March 9, 2022. https://www.nps.gov/kemo/learn/historyculture/wardeclared.htm.