What Factor Contributed to the Transition from the Fifth to the Sixth

question 61

Multiple Choice

What factor contributed to the transition from the fifth to the sixth party system?

• A) the election of Franklin Roosevelt as president
• B) Democratic candidates and party leaders, particularly outside the South, came out against the "separate but equal" system of racial discrimination.
• C) the end of World War II
• D) Party machines, run by Democrats in urban areas, could no longer control the flow of political information with the rise of television.
• E) the election of Ronald Reagan as president

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