Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Republican Party

question 1

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Republican Party leaders of the late eighteenth century?

• A) They were critical of the French Revolution.
• B) They were stereotyped as the "rich, the able, and the well-born."
• C) They viewed social and economic inequality as inherent to civilized society.
• D) They considered broad democratic participation to be essential to freedom.
• E) Their platform reflected traditional eighteenth-century views of society as a fixed hierarchy.

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