This passage is about the speech of President Jackson in Congress, where he defended the process of remorse of the Indians.
The use of the word "progessive" refers to the continuation of a process begun earlier, where the Indians were massacred and expelled from their territories to the detriment of the white man's civilization. The former president used that term as a way to slow down an attitude that today would be understood as barbarism, but one that is part of US history.
Answer;
D-to make and pass laws at the state level
Explanation;
The main function of a legislature in a state is to make laws that apply to that state. In our governmental system, we have three branches of government. These are the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. The general function of the legislature is to make laws. The executive’s main function is to carry out the laws. The judicial branch interprets the laws when there are disagreements about their application in a given case.
