During the first three presidential elections the __ chose the president and vice president.

On this day in 1789, George Washington becomes the first and only president to be unanimously elected by the Electoral College.

During the first three presidential elections the Electoral College chose the president and Vice President.

Nowadays, when Americans vote for a President and Vice President, they are  voting for presidential electors, called collectively as the electoral college. These electors are chosen by the people, who elect the chief executive.

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, and an absolute majority of 270 electoral votes is required to win an election.

the progressive era is a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the united states that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s.[1] the main objectives of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.

the movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses. by taking down these corrupt representatives in office, a further means of direct democracy would be established. they also sought regulation of monopolies (trust busting) and corporations through antitrust laws, which were seen as a way to promote equal competition for the advantage of legitimate competitors.

many progressives supported prohibition of alcoholic beverages, ostensibly to destroy the political power of local bosses based in saloons, but others out of a religious motivation. at the same time, women's suffrage was promoted to bring a "purer" female vote into the arena.a third theme was building an efficiency movement in every sector that could identify old ways that needed modernizing, and bring to bear scientific, medical and engineering solutions; a key part of the efficiency movement was scientific management, or "taylorism".

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