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Which faction formed in opposition to President Rutherford B. Hayes's support of civil-service reform?

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Progressives
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National Grangers
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Populists
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Half-Breeds
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Stalwarts
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Solution

The correct option is E Stalwarts
Stalwart is a member of a faction of the Republican Party toward the end of the nineteenth century. Stalwarts were the “traditional” Republicans who opposed Rutherford B. Hayes's civil service reform. They were pitted against the Half-Breeds (moderates) for control of the Republican Party.

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