What Issue United Westerners, Southerners, and Some Mid-Atlantic Citizens into a Political

question 96

Multiple Choice

What issue united westerners, southerners, and some mid-Atlantic citizens into a political coalition that challenged the Federalists and called for a return to the "true principles" of republicanism?

• A) a national economic program whose main beneficiaries seemed to some segments of American society to be eastern "monied men" and New Englanders who refused to pay their debts
• B) the attempt by George Washington to run for a second term even though he had not delivered on his campaign promises
• C) John Adams's statement that he should be addressed as one would address a king
• D) a breakdown of law and order on the frontier and the suspicion that the Federalists cared only about protecting their investments in the shipping industry
• E) the refusal of federalists in Congress to agree to a balanced-budget amendment to the constitution

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