The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s
a. significantly reduced sectional political divisions in the country.
b. was seen at the time as a weakening of democracy.
c. resulted in the Civil War.
d. fulfilled the wishes of the founding fathers.
e. became an important part of the nation's checks and balances.
e
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A) widespread employment of women and children in unskilled jobs. B) workers' class consciousness of themselves as an industrial proletariat. C) traditional European values shared by many immigrants. D) the lack of opportunity for most workers to better their lives.
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A) Diderot B) Rousseau C) La Fayette D) Voltaire E) Montesquieu
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