Question

Which of these situations is most similar to the kinds of situations social reform movements hoped to prevent during the Industrial Revolution?

A. A factory dumps its industrial waste into a river that serves as a source of drinking water for a nearby town.
B. A corporation relocates its production centers to countries where workers are paid less than their American counterparts.
C. A business owner decides that at least half of his new employees should be able to speak a foreign language.
D. A company refuses to allow an employee to work over 60 hours in a week, even though the e

Answer 1

The best option from the list would be that "A. A factory dumps its industrial waste into a river that serves as a source of drinking water for a nearby town," since a main goal of the Progressives was to expose the negative societal impacts large corporations had in the US.