Which statement best summarizes a result of the 1994 midterm elections? Democrats received a mandate to take a new approach to g
overnment. Americans were apathetic and uninterested in the midterm election.
A Democratic president was left to work with a Republican Congress.
Voters showed they were willing to continue on the established path.
Answer: C. A Democratic president was left to work with a Republican Congress.
The 1994 midterm elections occurred during the presidency of Bill Clinton (a Democrat). In the 1994 midterm elections, Republicans had campaigned on the promise of a "Contract with America." Newt Gingrich and Richard Army wrote the document and spearheaded the campaign to take control of Congress back for the Republican Party. (Republicans had not had a majority in the House of Representatives for 40 years.) The Republicans picked up 54 seats in the House of Representatives in the 1994 midterm election, as well as gaining 9 seats in the Senate, to become the majority party in Congress. So they believed they should carry out their "Contract with America" to make changes.
It was the "Alien and Sedition Acts" that <span>authorized the president to arrest and deport immigrants who criticized the federal government and limited the free speech of Americans, since America was still very "fragile" at this time. </span>
