The main goal of the progressive era advocating passage of laws that guaranteed business freedom making people more accountable to needs of government making government more responsible to the needs of the people increasing farmers’ freedom with less government regulation

The correct answer is making government more responsible to the needs of the people

Before the progressive era, the government was mostly passive in its role in everyday life of people and mostly focused on foreign policies. However, the progressives started meddling with things like economy in order to help people and also with things such as human rights or suffrage rights or similar things in order to help various groups.

The correct answer is C. Making government more responsible to the needs of the people.

Explanation:

The Progressive Era was the period 1890 and 1920 in the United States. This period was one of the most relevant in terms of political changes and social movements because it was during this period people demand from the government to take actions into issues such as political corruption, democracy, health industrialization, and immigration. As a result of this, multiple policies were adopted and also there were important changes in society including regulations for corporations and government, the prohibition and regulation of alcohol, implementation of women suffrage and reforms in education. Thus, the main goal of the Progressive era was "Making government more responsible to the needs of the people".