How did businesspeople form corporations? A) They combined their capital and received permission from the government to merge. B) Unions and businesspeople agreed to form corporations. C) The government provided funds for businesspeople to form corporations.

The answer is A, corporations are formed by joint-capital and then permitted and further regulated by their state or national government. Unions are worker's organizations and as such can have an impact on corporational legislation but they are not directly involved in their founding.