All of the following are considered to be oligopolies EXCEPT* Ford, Chrysler, and GM in the automobile industry of the 1920s
the control of half of the nations banking resources by 1% of the banks
the "mom and pop" stores in the immigrant neighborhoods around the country.
the control of national chain stores such as A&P and Woolworth's over much of the nation's retail.

answer; i believe the answer is (mesopotamia); modern day

i do believe its (d) it allowed the government to offer pioneers sixty acres of western land if they lived on it and made improvements to it.

explanation: signed into law in may 1862, the homestead act opened up settlement in the western united states, allowing any american, including freed slaves, to put in a claim for up to 160 free acres of federal land. by the end of the civil war, 15,000 homestead claims had been established, and more followed in the postwar years

to reform the distraught soviet union, the democratization of the communist party was promoted through party secretary mikhail gorbachev's policies of “perestroika” and “glasnost.” perestroika refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the communist party.

it was the first major victory for the colonists.