Which Statement About the Progressive Movement Is Correct

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the progressive movement is correct?

• A) Progressives wanted to restrain big business and protect the economically vulnerable.
• B) Most progressives rejected the capitalist system, preferring a system based on cooperation for the good of the whole community.
• C) Like the earlier populist movement, the progressive movement was primarily agrarian-based.
• D) Progressives respected civil liberties so highly that they rejected any legislation that dealt with people's personal morals such as their sexual activities, drinking, and choice of entertainment.
• E) Progressives tended to prefer the laissez-faire principles of William Graham Sumner.

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