<span>C. The legislative branch took the lead and had the most power.
The federal government was mostly hands off during the last part of the 1800s. However, Congress did pass many laws in the last phases of Reconstruction to 1877 and after dealt with many of the issues brought up by industrialization. </span>
Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
Clarence Darrow defended John Scopes during the Scopes Trial.
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders.
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