The "Tea Party Movement" Is

question 58

Multiple Choice

The "Tea Party movement" is

• A) an official third party that challenges both Democrats and Republicans in national elections.
• B) an organized challenge to incumbents in the Republican Party by the most conservative wing of the Republican Party.
• C) an organized challenge to incumbents in the Democratic Party by the most liberal wing of the Democratic Party.
• D) an offspring of the Green Party that runs for state and local office in many midwestern states.
• E) the now defunct party that gave way to the Republican Party at the end of the "Second Party System."

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