Practice Quiz

CLEP US History II

Category - Political Parties

Start a Study Session Sign up for Question of the Day
Who were the Mugwumps?
  1. Republicans who favored the spoils system and opposed civil service reform
  2. Republicans who left the party in 1884 to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Grover Cleveland
  3. Democrats who favored the spoils system and opposed civil service reform
  4. Democrats who favored racial integration and opposed the Jim Crow laws
  5. Members of a third party who supported bimetallism
Explanation
Answer: B - The Mugwumps were Republicans who left their party in 1884 to vote for presidential contender Grover Cleveland instead of their party’s candidate, James G. Blaine. Blaine was strongly associated with financial corruption, and the Mugwumps advocated reform. Many people believed that the Mugwumps were the swing votes who decided the election in Cleveland’s favor; he was the only Democratic president elected from 1860 to 1912.
Was this helpful? Upvote!
Login to contribute your own answer or details
Start a Study Session Sign up for Question of the Day

Top questions

Related questions

Most popular on PracticeQuiz