In the American Business Community at the End of the Nineteenth

question 15

Multiple Choice

In the American business community at the end of the nineteenth century,

• A)one percent of businesses controlled one-third of all manufacturing.
• B)almost all corporations had achieved stability through "pool" arrangements.
• C)federal reforms of corporations had ended the most predatory business practices.
• D)most states had made it illegal for one corporation to buy another one.
• E)rampant competitiveness and labor shortages helped to keep prices down and wages up.

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