Corporations received broad judicial protection in the 1880s and 1890s when the Supreme Court ruled that
A) stockholders were not liable for a corporation's debts.
B) corporations, like individuals, were protected under the Fourteenth Amendment.
C) the Bill of Rights prevented the government from interfering with corporate activity.
D) general incorporation laws were constitutional.

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The Supreme Court ruled that corporations were protected under the Fourteenth Amendment, which granted them certain rights similar to those of individuals.

Corporations Received Broad Judicial Protection in the 1880s and 1890s