Read the sentence. By the beginning of the 20th century, Standard Oil Company, owned by _[blank]_, controlled 90% of the oil-refining industry. Which term best completes the sentence? A) Leland Stanford B) John D. Rockefeller C) Andrew Carnegie D) J. P. Morgan

The correct answer is B. John D. Rockefeller.

Explanation:

John D. Rockefeller was the first billionaire in history, thanks to his role as founder of the oil company Standard Oil in 1870. Through the profits provided by the company, Rockefeller became the richest person in the world, obtaining profits that were equivalent to 2% of the GDP of the United States of America of that time.

Through its expansionist trade policies, and the merger or purchase of its competitors, Standard Oil became the first commercial monopoly of the modern era, controlling practically the entire fuel business in the United States, until in 1911 the Sherman Act ordered its dissolution.

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-   william jennings bryan is a democrat while mckinley was a republican

at that time, the segment of population that choose for democratic party were the voters with low economic background and vice versa

- william jennings has support of populists and wants to have inflation to farmers while mckinley has support of bankers and businessmen , doesn't want inflation

the fixed value of gold make the large business able to stack up their gold without   being worried that it would devaluated.

- william jennings supported the silver standard while mckinley supported the gold standard

according to jenning, using other metal beside gold could the poor people to have more purchasing power and them advance in the society.

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