During the 1950s corporations expanded overseas and these sprang up all over the country. a. government regulatory agencies c. out door shopping malls b. franchises d. strip malls

The correct answer is B. franchises

Franchises are like companies where you open up a business unit that works according to the licence of the owner of the license. For example, McDonalds restaurants are franchise restaurants. People open them up in their neighborhoods by getting the licence and  the knowledge from the McDonalds company and in exchange they give McDonalds a part of the profit.