What did Ida Tarbell criticize in The History of the Standard Oil Company?

Question

A.
the oil industry's influence on the decision to join World War I

B.
the employment of communist sympathizers by the company

C.
the growing power of the labor movement in the oil industry

D.
the company's unethical and exploitive business practices

Answer 1

D. the company's unethical and exploitive business practices

Ida Tarbell criticized the Standard Oil Company's unethical and exploitative business practices in her work "The History of the Standard Oil Company." She focused on the monopolistic tactics and corrupt methods that John D. Rockefeller used to eliminate competition and dominate the oil industry.