What Was One Factor That Contributed to the Downfall of the Federalists

question 108

Multiple Choice

What was one factor that contributed to the downfall of the Federalists?

• A) Their call for secession from the union angered Republicans, who ousted them from the government.
• B) Their elitism and distrust of popular self-government was at odds with the nation's increasingly democratic ethos.
• C) Their advocacy for equal rights for Native Americans was unpopular with a large majority of farmers.
• D) The southern plantation owners whose interests they championed were a too-small part of the electorate.
• E) The delegates at the Republican Party's Hartford Convention voted to ban the Federalist Party.

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