During this period a Military Dictatorship ruled over Brazil's population, this meant the government persecute and killed the liberal and socialist leaders that stood against the dictatorship. Despite the Dictatorship in Brazil was not as cruel as in other South American countries like Argentina or Chile, it implied the violation of human rights and democratic values.
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I could be wrong, but I believe that it is C.
Assuming you're referring to the period surrounding the Civil War--one example would be that Republicans wanted to make slavery illegal, which would have "controlled" the private lives of slaveholders in the South.
