Which Was NOT One of the Reasons That Industrial Enterprises

question 231

Multiple Choice

Which was NOT one of the reasons that industrial enterprises grew to unprecedented size in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

• A) The rise of labor unions created a workforce that could accommodate the demands of industry.
• B) The inventions of the steam engine, electrical power, and the assembly line.
• C) Large enterprises were encouraged by changes in the laws of incorporation.
• D) A wave of mergers between 1896 and 1904 fashioned the corporate-dominated economy.
• E) New industrial technologies required unheard-of levels of investment capital.

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