Correct. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section is that, with city bosses and urban reformers both angling for power, municipal governments sought to balance the interests of private enterprise and the public welfare as they managed the creation of new infrastructure, services, and institutions in the industrial cities of the late nineteenth century.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The author’s main point in this section is that, with city bosses and urban reformers both angling for power, municipal governments sought to balance the interests of private enterprise and the public welfare as they managed the creation of new infrastructure, services, and institutions in the industrial cities of the late nineteenth century.