Question

"Blue laws," supported by the Republican Party in many states during the Gilded Age, ________________.

• A. regulated the number of hours children could work.
• B. mandated that producers honestly portray the contents of their products.
• C. provided price supports for struggling farmers.
• D. reformed civil service procedures.
• E. made illegal certain activities that were seen by some as immoral.

Answer 1

The correct option is E made illegal certain activities that were seen by some as immoral.

"Blue laws," supported by the Republican Party in many states during the Gilded Age, made illegal certain activities that were seen by some as immoral. During the Gilded Age there were repeated attempts to enforce moral purity. In 1880, Massachusetts became the first state to reenact "Blue Laws" that prohibited most forms of business on Sunday.