USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

AMERICAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
when one business controls an entire industry
A
sweatshop
B
monopoly
C
immigration
D
political machine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A monopoly is a market structure where a single seller or producer assumes a dominant position in an industry or a sector. Monopolies are discouraged in free-market economies as they stifle competition and limit substitutes for consumers.

Detailed explanation-2: -A monopoly is when one company and its product dominate an entire industry whereby there is little to no competition and consumers must purchase that specific good or service from the one company. An oligopoly is when a small number of firms, as opposed to just one, dominate an entire industry.

Detailed explanation-3: -A monopoly exists when a person or business exercises complete control over a resource, industry, or market. During the 1800s and 1900s, two distinct types of monopolies developed: vertical and horizontal. In a vertical monopoly, the person or business controls the entire supply chain of an industry.

Detailed explanation-4: -The statement is True A monopoly is a market structure where there is only one seller of the product. Price makers are called monopolists as they control the market price.

Detailed explanation-5: -Monopolies can be of several kinds like simple, pure, natural, legal, and public.

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