City Managers Grew in Importance as a Result of the

City managers grew in importance as a result of the

A) Ronald Regan era, when governments at all levels were forced to streamline their operations and become managed more like the private sector with professional managers.
B) Jacksonian era (during which reformers sought to offer greater opportunity in government to the common man) .
C) Great Society era (during which reformers believed cities could be saved only by the infusion of millions of dollars of federal aid managed by a federal appointee) .
D) Progressive era (during which reformers sought to avoid the corrupt and inefficient partisan political machines that controlled many American cities) .