What was the opinion of political parties held by many of the founders who drafted the U.S. Constitution?
a. The founders held political parties in high regard and viewed them as proper and necessary for organizing the new government.
b. Political parties were viewed with great suspicion but were accepted as legitimate and necessary.
c. Political parties did not exist in the 1700s.
d. Political parties were distrusted and rejected as tools of the politically ambitious that tended to promote corruption and bias.
e. The founders had no opinion concerning political parties.
ANS: D
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A. It replaced all types of French dictatorships with a representative government. B. It marked the end of monarchy in France. C. Its ideology became the principal driving force for dictators around the world. D. It replaced long-held values associated with monarchy in France like obedience to one's supposed social betters. E. It marked the shift of French society from a Catholic one to a Protestant one.
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