A. He was sad for Socrates. This is because Socrates was the wisest man Plato had ever known, and he had much influence over Plato due to the respect that he was receiving. And he knew that Socrates life was about to end by execution
The best option from the list would be that "<span>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. </span>