Between 1876 and 1900, the economic policies of the United States government were most favorable to the...?

Question

Between 1876 and 1900, the economic policies of the United States government were most favorable to the interests of...

1 - urban industrial workers
2 - northern businesses
3 - western farmers
4 - southern sharecroppers and tenant farmers

Answer 1

2. northern businesses--These 25 years was known as the Gilded Age, Robber Baron period ,and increase in monopolies occured in this era before the Era of Progressivism