Question

“The National Progressive Party, committed to the principle of government by a self-controlled democracy expressing its will through representatives of the people, pledges itself to secure such alterations in the fundamental law of the several States of the United States as shall insure the representative character of the government.”

Progressive Party Platform, 1912

Progressivism, as described in the excerpt, has the most in common with which of the following later domestic policy initiatives?


President Lyndon Johnson's protection of voting rights during the Great Society


President Ronald Reagan's deregulation of industries


President Bill Clinton's changes to welfare policy


President Herbert Hoover's support for increased tariffs during the Great Depression

Answer 1

President Lyndon Johnson's protection of voting rights during the Great Society

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the Progressive Party Platform, 1912, progressivism, as described in the excerpt, has the most in common with President Lyndon Johnson's protection of voting rights during the Great Society.

This is because, President Johnson sought to ensure the representative character of the government through representation of the people by ensuring that voter rights are protected.