Which of the Following Properly Compares the U

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following properly compares the U.S.Supreme Court's approach to organization in business and labor during the Gilded Age?

• A) Whereas the Court rejected the organization of big business on constitutional grounds, it supported workers' right to organize.
• B) The Court used the Sherman Antitrust Act liberally for the breakup of business and labor organizations.
• C) While the Court applied the Sherman Antitrust Act to break down unions, it proved unwilling to endorse any regulation of big business.
• D) Understanding the dynamics of the new industrial age, the Supreme Court allowed workers as well as businesses to organize powerful and centralized institutions.
• E) The Supreme Court refused to apply the Sherman Antitrust Act against unions or business on the grounds that the law itself was unconstitutional.

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