During the last quarter of the nineteenth century,American business was dominated and shaped by _____.
A) owner-managers
B) scientific managers
C) career managers
D) captains of industry
E) leaders of industrial conglomerates

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During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, American business was dominated by "captains of industry" or "robber barons" such as Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan who built vast industrial empires and controlled whole industries. They shaped the economy and politics of the era with their wealth and power.

During the Last Quarter of the Nineteenth Century,American Business Was