Question

Which development was a result of the
Progressive movement?
(1) Government increased its regulation of
business practices.
(2) Women become less active in public life.
(3) The influence of the national government was
reduced.
(4) Congress failed to balance the federal budget.

Answer 1

(1) Government increased its regulation of business practices.

The Progressive movement attempted to regulate monopolies and break up trusts, this meant they were regulating businesses.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) Government increased its regulation of business practices.

The development that was a result of the Progressive movement was that the Government increased its regulation of business practices.

The Progressive era or Progressive movement was the United States government answer to the economic, social, and political problems that resulted from Industrialization form 1890 to 1920. First, it initiated as a social movement but later became a political movement. Progressive ideas considered that the problems generated by poverty, violence, or gender could be diminished with a proper education in a safer environment. President Theodore Roosevelt thought that corporations benefited America but needed to be supervised to avoid corporate greed. The development that was a result of the Progressive movement was that the Government increased its regulation of business practices.