The Only Counterforce That Was Potentially Strong Enough to Control

question 15

Multiple Choice

The only counterforce that was potentially strong enough to control the business trusts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was

• A)government.
• B)the buying public.
• C)organized labor.
• D)business competitors.
• E)farmers.

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