Author Question: During the Jacksonian Era, parties had to appeal to much larger numbers of voters, and one response ... (Read 13 times)

asmith134 · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

During the Jacksonian Era, parties had to appeal to much larger numbers of voters, and one response was a shift from selecting candidates in a closed caucus of party representatives in Congress to using _________ to select presidential candidates.

A) open party caucuses
B) national primaries
C) state-by-state primaries
D) national conventions
E) open congressional caucuses

Question 2

The __________ was the first third party in American history to challenge the two major parties for the presidency and called the first national party convention.

A) Free Soil Party
B) Bull Moose Party
C) Reform Party
D) Anti-Masonic Party
E) Whig Party