Which of the following applies to government corruption in the
progressive era?
a. corruption was accepted by all as a good way to do business.
b. government corruption was denied by everyone in urban america.
c. government corruption was fought by progressives and muckrakers.
d. government corruption emerged as a new problem in this period.

Base on the given choices above, the answer that applies to the government in regards with corruption in the progressive era is letter c, where in the government corruption are being defeated or being fought by the muckrakers and as well as the progressives. The progressive era is where there is a presence of social activism to widespread as well as the political reform in U.S.