Standard Oil's monopoly
a. depended entirely on the company's domination of the Asian, African, and Latin American export markets.
b. increased the price of petroleum products by more than two thirds.
c. grew even bigger with oil discoveries in Texas at the turn of the century.
d. had the legal form of a holding company in the state of New Jersey.
ANSWER: d
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