During the late nineteenth century, states that passed laws against trusts and monopolies
a. found that such laws caused economic depression because businesses fled to other states.
b. were so successful that most people believed national legislation to be unnecessary.
c. were mostly in the agricultural South and West.
d. enacted such laws in the face of great popular opposition to them.
Answer: c. were mostly in the agricultural South and West.
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What will be an ideal response?
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