Which of the following statements is true in regard to the role of the Progressive movement in electoral politics?
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- A.It refused to work with either of the major political parties, labeling them the "parties of big business."
- B.Reform-minded politicians in both the Democratic and the Republican Parties worked on Progressive issues.
- C.Progressives worked exclusively within the Republican Party, perceiving that the Democratic Party was controlled by special interests.
- D.Progressive activists worked for the defeat of the Bull Moose Party in the 1912 election and worked to support the re-election of President Taft.
- E.Progressives generally ignored the electoral arena, arguing that no meaningful change could come through electoral politics.
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