Why Did the Conservative Grassroots Movement Known as the Tea

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why did the conservative grassroots movement known as the Tea Party emerge after Barack Obama's election in 2008?

• A) There were concerns about the escalating debt and federal power.
• B) Tea Partiers opposed American military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• C) Holding Islamic prisoners indefinitely without charges in the Guantánamo Bay prison went against their moral beliefs.
• D) They feared polarizing leaders like Sarah Palin who proposed radical ideas about government.

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