Why were progressive reformers worried about the government? a. they felt that government should be doing less to regulate business. b. they perceived the government as corrupt. c. they wanted the republican party to win more elections. d. government was about to collapse due to excessive debt.

Which of the following led to a continuation of the treatment in the excerpt above? a)the brutality of the trans-atlantic african slave trade. b)spanish repression after violent native uprisings in new spain during the 16th century. c)european competition to quickly establish colonial holdings in the new world. d)the reliance of the spanish on native americans to provide labor under the encomienda system.