To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment, which was designed to protect the rights of ex-slaves, so as to

A. help freedmen to work in factories.
B. incorporate big businesses.
C. allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes.
D. avoid corporate regulation by the states.
E. protect the civil rights of business people.


Answer: D

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