As the number of urban areas grew in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the management of local affairs became such a growing burden on the state legislature that it passed the ________.

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As the passage mentions the growing burden on state legislature due to the management of local affairs, the solution to this problem was the passing of a home-rule charter which allowed local governments to manage their own affairs without relying heavily on the state legislature. The other options may have relevance to the topic, but they do not directly answer the question posed in the passage.

As the Number of Urban Areas Grew in the State