The Proliferation of New Institutions Such as Poorhouses and Asylums

The proliferation of new institutions such as poorhouses and asylums for the insane during the antebellum era demonstrated the

A) lengths to which the federal government would go to provide for the general well-being of its citizens.
B) power of the Democratic Party.
C) tension between liberation and control in the era's reform movements.
D) expansion of liberty for those members of society who could not take care of themselves.
E) general economic prosperity of the nation.