How Did Most of the General Public Respond to the Rise

question 126

Multiple Choice

How did most of the general public respond to the rise of political parties in the 1820s and 1830s?

• A) People resisted the party system.
• B) People were deeply ambivalent.
• C) People in the Northern states were more accepting of parties than those in the South.
• D) People accepted them as part of the wild contentiousness of political life.
• E) People thought parties were the best expressions of political ideologies.

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