Praxis II Government and Political Science

Answer: C - Broad changes in control over political parties in the United States have routinely occurred. Several party groups came and went, especially in the early decades. The elasticity of political parties, however, and their ability to change what they support, has allowed them to remain in effect in the United States. In the early 1800s, only one party dominated the political landscape and by and large, Republicans mostly controlled the 1870s and 1880s.