Which Statement About the Progressive Movement Is Correct

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.