Taking into account the statement above: "One reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan fervor between the Democrats and the Republicans of the Gilded Age was ______.
A. the parties' differences over economic issues.
B. religious conflict between Catholics and Lutherans.
C. sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the two parties.
D. differences over the issue of the civil service."
The answer is: C. sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the two parties.
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