What Factor Was Influential in Driving Expansion of the Federal

question 90

Multiple Choice

What factor was influential in driving expansion of the federal bureaucracy in the post-Civil War era?

• A) the expansion of voting rights to African American men
• B) the elimination of the spoils system
• C) a series of poor harvests and agricultural distribution problems
• D) the growing incidence of price fixing and other unfair business practices

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