Which of the Following Factors Explains the High Voter Turnout

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors explains the high voter turnout in national elections during the last three decades of the nineteenth century?

A) Presidential candidates were incredibly charismatic.
B) Most Americans were very knowledgeable about the issues of the day.
C) Voting was an important way to get a government job.
D) Voters believed that failure to participate in politics had greatly contributed to the Civil War.