What was the “era of the partisan press”?

a. a period prior to the Civil War, when the press was overly partial to the federal government and acted as its mouthpiece
b. a period prior to the Civil War, when most newspapers supported one of the major political parties
c. a period prior to the Civil War, when the Democratic Party controlled all news sources
d. a period prior to and during World War II, when the federal government issued a blackout order for all news reports about the war
e. a period of government censorship during the Civil War, when all news outlets were controlled by the federal government


ANS: B

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