Which of the following best describes how public opposition to big business challenged the economic expansion of the Gilded Age?
A. Powerful business leaders helped break up the integrated
industries of steel and oil in order to stop discrimination amongst
workers.
B. The public's support of stronger regulations allowed political
leaders to combine numerous businesses to decrease
competition
C. As the gap between the rich and the poor widened, reformers
worked to enact strict legislation to prevent the creation of trusts.
D. Using their political influence in Congress, Andrew Carnegie and
other business magnates hoped to regulate railroads and other
transportation routes.
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