The Progressive leaders pushed for an agenda of reform for the broken political and economic system that perpetuated the disenfranchisement of the working people. ... Some people during the Progressive Era called for major social reforms and for an expanded role of the government to regulate business practices.
Okay, well seeing as this is a question about opinions, it really doesn't matter what you write as long as it makes sense.
In my opinion, the number of house representatives must increase to adjust for increase in population. As there are more people to represent, everyone should be represented equally, which cannot happen if the representatives of the house are allowed to represent for an ever increasing amount of people. If the representatives are not increased as population increases, there will inevitably be an increase of population that is not fairly represented in the House, which is problematic as it is already an issue.
Answer:
Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option C.
He helped start a filibuster to delay a vote on the law.
Explanation: The pass of Civil Right Act in 1964 is on of the milestone legislation in the history of USA. Through this bill the equal right the African American was established and the segregation law came to an end.
However the enacting procedure of the bill and ratification of the act in the Congress was not so smooth. The act faced a strong oppose the Southern senator who were strongly conservative and supported the segregation law strongly.
Filibuster is one of their effort to make delay to get the act into voting. Senators Richard Russell, Thurmond, Robert Byrd, William Fulbright and Sam Ervin. Russell started the filibuster in late March 1964, and it would last for 60 working days in the Senate.
The goal of the Filibuster was to make delay on the voting process of the bill.
