Which of the following statements concerning third parties is false?

a. third parties are often short lived.
b. successful third parties often have their programs adopted by one of the two major parties.
c. the earliest third parties in the united states arose as a result of the great depression.
d. third parties often have support limited by geographic region

The answer is: c.The earliest third parties in the United States arose as a result of the Great Depression.

The great depression happen in 1920s, but the earliest third party has been around since the 1800s. Those third p[arty arise because there are a lot of segment in the population felt that their values/principles were not fully embodied by the existing two dominant parties. So, they decided to form third party alternative.

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