Which Is NOT a Group That Pushed for and Formulated

question 164

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a group that pushed for and formulated the many progressive era regulations imposed between 1900 and World War I?

• A) Large corporations
• B) Middle-class Americans anxious about the conditions reported by muckraking journalists
• C) Labor unions
• D) Populists
• E) All of the above are considered to have had a hand in the creation of the progressive era reforms.

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