The real significance of William Henry Harrison's victory in the election of 1840 was that it
a. constituted a sharp repudiation of Andrew Jackson and Jacksonianism.
b. brought a fresh new face to American presidential politics.
c. showed that the Whigs could win with a candidate other than Henry Clay.
d. showed that the Whigs could practice the new mass democratic politics as successfully as the Democrats.
e. showed that the public wanted serious debates as well as noisy "hoopla" in presidential politics.
Answer: D