Third parties play a significant role in the election process because they .
a. reform
b. inaction
c. stability
d. tradition

The correct answer is A) Reform

In America, there are two dominant political parties as of now (Republicans and Democrats). This pattern of two dominant parties has been prevelant since the early to mid 20th century. However, when neither party is meeting the needs of certain American citizens, a third political party will begin to gain prominence. In the US we have seen this multiple times, including the development of the Progressive Party, Green Party, Libertarian party, etc.

the answer should be monarchy

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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