Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.
Other industrialists, including John D. Rockefeller, merged the
operations of many large companies to form a trust. Rockefeller's
Standard Oil Trust came to monopolize 90% of the industry. . .
What was one DIRECT effect of the business practice discussed in this excerpt?
Employees were prevented from buying stock.
There was decreased competition among producers.
There was a lack of employment opportunities for immigrants.
Consumers were denied access to goods.
А.
B.
C.
-"The Industrial Revolution in the United States," Library of
Congress, www.loc.gov (accessed August 25, 2017)
D