Correct. The answer is d. The author’s main point in this section is that, in the 1890s, American financiers facilitated the consolidation of many entrepreneurial businesses into corporations and used the theory of social Darwinism to justify their absorption of small companies and the tremendous social and economic equalities their actions created.
Incorrect. The answer is d. The author’s main point in this section is that, in the 1890s, American financiers facilitated the consolidation of many entrepreneurial businesses into corporations and used the theory of social Darwinism to justify their absorption of small companies and the tremendous social and economic equalities their actions created.