What Was the Single Biggest Economic Factor That Ignited the Spirit

question 38

Multiple Choice

What was the single biggest economic factor that ignited the spirit of progressives?

• A) the economic depression of the 1890s
• B) the failure of the populists' quest for silver coinage
• C) Republican tariff policies in the 1880s and 1890s
• D) the annexation of the Philippines
• E) the passage of an amendment authorizing an income tax

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