Regarding Organizing the Professions During the Progressive Era

question 69

Multiple Choice

Regarding organizing the professions during the Progressive Era,

• A) most professions attempted to expand the ranks of Americans in their fields.
• B) by 1916, all states had established professional bar associations.
• C) the medical field remained largely unorganized.
• D) there was little organized activity in rural America.
• E) state and local governments generally impeded attempts to professionalize.

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