The American Tobacco Company:

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The American Tobacco Company dominated the U.S. tobacco industry by the twentieth century, making it the best choice. A, B, D, and E are incorrect. The American Tobacco Company was not based in Dallas, Texas, but was headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. While the company was second to the Bull Durham Company in the nineteenth century, it had surpassed it by the twentieth century. The American Tobacco Company was not government-owned, and it was not Virginia's largest industrial employer.