The lack of significant legislative action by Congress in the Gilded Age is explained by all of the following EXCEPT the
A) prevailing popular concept of limited government.
B) usual agreement on significant issues between the two major parties.
C) general absence of important political issues.
D) virtual equality of power between the two major parties.
C
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