Which of these causes would have been least likely to be advanced by politicians of the progressive era?
a) the direct election of senators
b) securing voting rights for all races
c) limiting the powers and abuses of corporations
d) conservation of public lands and natural resources

Chris, a master at office gossip and innuendo, says, "we know we have a corporate spy someplace in the organization, probably on the management team itself. there is no evidence that it is audrey. in fact, she's too clean, if you know what i mean. somebody should fire audrey; she's got to be the spy." by making this argument chris is actually engaging in (a) an appeal to emotion fallacy (b) a straw man fallacy (c) an appeal to ignorance fallacy (d) circular reasoning (e) an appeal to the mob fallacy