Question

In the late nineteenth century, the term "robber baron" referred to (1 point) Responses industrialists who utilized unethical business practices to expand their wealth and influence industrialists who utilized unethical business practices to expand their wealth and influence members of the federal legislature who strongly opposed the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles members of the federal legislature who strongly opposed the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles journalists who exposed corruption and the exploitation of workers in order to encourage reform journalists who exposed corruption and the exploitation of workers in order to encourage reform northern politicians who used the expansion of the electorate to try to gain power in the South

Answer 1

The correct answer is: industrialists who utilized unethical business practices to expand their wealth and influence. The term "robber baron" was used to criticize wealthy industrialists who were seen as exploiting workers, engaging in monopolistic practices, and accumulating large amounts of wealth through unethical means.