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By the end of the 1790s, riots often broke out in cities like philadelphia if citizens supported the "wrong" type of ornament on their hats, thus reflecting their _________

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The correct answer is fervent political partisanship. If you had a pin in your hat or an ornament that showed which party you supported, people would become enraged and could really cause riots or attack you. Partisanship was an extremely serious issue for them and the people fought all the time.
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