Praxis II Government and Political Science

Answer: C - The shift from localism to nationalism has been the greatest change in liberalism in the United States. The greatest change in liberalism in the United States is the shift from localism to nationalism. Although the other choices are also true (a shift to the northeastern United States, rise of the Populist Party, and the rise of women’s issues), none are as central to change as the shift in focus.

Since the Progressive Era and the Great Depression, liberals have supported the government taking a more central role in economic development and social welfare, but liberals generally want the government to keep out of citizens’ issues like privacy, church and state relations, and free speech.