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QuizMultiple Choice

The Muckrakers

Question 10 • GLOBAL CONNECTIONS III Q1 – 202701

Which of these was a corrupt business practice that Frank Norris exposed in The Octopus?

Answer
A
railroad companies selling land to farmers and secretly keeping legal ownership of the land
B
railroad companies receiving land grants from the government and attempting to sell the land
C
railroad companies charging farmers and ranchers to transport goods and livestock to their land
D
railroad companies purchasing land from the government and improving the land