U.S. corporations in the 1950s

a. were struggling to hold their ground against German and Japanese competition.
b. were growing into ever larger conglomerates.
c. struggled to hold on to their profits.
d. worried about federal spending on national security instead of civilian technologies.


ANSWER: b

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