Congressional hearings chaired by Senator Gerald Nye in the mid-1930s provided evidence of which of the following?
A. American corporations had largely supported the campaign for arms control legislation.
B. American corporations had bribed foreign politicians to improve arms sales in the 1920s and 1930s.
C. American businesspersons and financiers had pushed the nation into the First World War.
D. American businesspersons and financiers had in no way influenced the nation's involvement in the First World War.
Answer: B
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