With Jefferson's Refusal to Use the Presidency to Dispense Generously

With Jefferson's refusal to use the presidency to dispense generously patronage positions and offices in government to his political supporters, the Democratic-Republican Party

A) grew stronger and more unified.
B) removed many Federalists from government jobs.
C) soon resented its leaders' lavish life-style.
D) grew less unified even as the Federalist Party began to fade and lose power.
E) sought to extend the Alien and Sedition Acts to punish their enemies.