Reform movements in the late 19th - and early 20th-centuries identified which of the following as responsible, at least in part, for the social and economic ills besetting vast swaths of the nation's citizens?

A: "Robber barrons"

B: A political system captured by industrial and financial interest

C:all of these answered

D:urban political bosses

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Sean Glass

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Reform movements in the late 19th - and early 20th-centuries identified which of the following as responsible, at least in part, for the social and economic ills besetting vast swaths of the nation's citizens?

A: "Robber barrons"

B: A political system captured by industrial and financial interest

C:all of these answered

D:urban political bosses

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Vicente Dorsey · Answer 1

The answer is "A robber-barons. "

from 1901 to 1909 Theodore Roosevelt was president. One of the main reasons why he is on Mount Rushmore is that he was responsible for trust busting. He eliminated gigantic companies with monopolies in their fields, one notable example being Rockefeller oil.