How was the United States federal government affected by Progressive Era reforms? A It lost many of its powers to the state gove
rnments. B It became less involved in managing the economy. C It took on a larger role in regulating private businesses. D It adopted isolationist and noninterventionist policies.
The federal government of the United States of America was affected by Progressive Era reforms as: C. It took on a larger role in regulating private businesses.
In the United States of America, the Progressive Era was a period between the 1890s and 1920s and it typically involved an intense widespread focus on the following:
Family and education
Modernization
Business expansion
Prohibition of wastage and social ills within the society.
Social activism that is aimed at eradicating corruption.
Political reform
The main objective of the Progressive Era reforms was to was to eradicate corruption within the government and the regulations of huge businesses, monopolies, industries and corporations within the country.
Consequently, the federal government took on a larger role in regulating private businesses by establishing and enacting antitrust laws to promote fair and equal competition amongst every business.
The taxation system under the Ancien Régime largely excluded the nobles and the clergy from taxation while the commoners, particularly the peasantry, paid disproportionately high direct taxes.
With the fall of Napoléon, Dom João VI returned to Portugal, leaving his young son, Pedro I, behind to govern. But Pedro had ideas of his own: he proclaimed Brazil's independence on September 7, 1822, and established the Brazilian empire.