The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"I must confine myself to few examples,but am ready to furnish other and more complete details,if required.If my pictures are displeasing,coarse,and severe,my subjects must be recollected,offer no tranquil,refined,or composing features.The condition of human beings,reduced to the extremest states of degradation and misery,cannot be exhibited in softened language,or adorn a polished page.I proceed,gentlemen,briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons,confined within this Commonwealth,in cages,closets,cellars,stalls,pens! Chained,naked,beaten with rods,and lashed into obedience."
Dorothea Dix,1843
-Many reforms of the antebellum period were caused by

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The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"I must confine myself to few examples,but am ready to furnish other and more complete details,if required.If my pictures are displeasing,coarse,and severe,my subjects must be recollected,offer no tranquil,refined,or composing features.The condition of human beings,reduced to the extremest states of degradation and misery,cannot be exhibited in softened language,or adorn a polished page.I proceed,gentlemen,briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons,confined within this Commonwealth,in cages,closets,cellars,stalls,pens! Chained,naked,beaten with rods,and lashed into obedience."
Dorothea Dix,1843
-Many reforms of the antebellum period were caused by

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The excerpt describes the deplorable conditions in which insane persons were being kept in the Commonwealth. This reflects the gross neglect of human rights in the country during the antebellum period. Both industrial and democratic growth contributed to the pressing need for reforms. Industrialization led to overcrowding and poor living conditions, while democratic growth heightened the public's concern for equality and justice. Therefore, choice C is the most appropriate answer as it encompasses both industrial and democratic growth.

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