Emerging in the Late 1780s, America's First Two Political Parties

question 36

Multiple Choice

Emerging in the late 1780s, America's first two political parties were the

• A)Federalists and the Washingtonian Democrats.
• B)Whigs and the Antifederalists.
• C)Federalists and the Whigs.
• D)Federalists and the Jeffersonian Republicans.

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