Leftists Scholars Who Found Fault with the Post-Civil War Era

Leftists scholars who found fault with the post-Civil War era captains of industry mostly argued that these men

A) had no real business ability.
B) built their corporate wealth and power by exploiting workers.
C) tried to take the United States back to an earlier age of aristocracy.
D) were environmentally insensitive.
E) were insufficiently philanthropic in donating considerable sums of personal wealth to cultural institutions such as libraries that benefited the masses.