According to the second section,"market leaders hard hit," why was it significant that stocks like united states steel, general electric, and western union were hit so hard by the drop ?

A) These companies were among the country's strongest stocks.

The answer is A. I just took the test.

the structure was most likely used for;

c. playing a ball game with stone hoops

d.)   when the us left nato after the end of the cold war and they had to evolve to focus on more humanitarian measures with the smaller budget