The correct answer is C.
The process contained in the diagram ensures that both the elected representatives that constitute the federal powers, together with those that work at the state level have to mostly agree with the proposed amendment to allow its sucess. It makes it possible to amend the Consitution, as long as the necessary support is gathered both at the federal and state level. Therefore, amendments are not federal pieces of law that are imposed on the states, because these also participate in their enactments.
The federal government supported the interests of big businesses over the interests of labor unions.
Unions became popular during the Gilded Age in the US during an industrial boom. The government supported the owners of business during this period and practiced free market capitalism.
During the Gilded Age, the government took a policy of free-market or laissez-faire capitalism. This means the government did not interfere or create regulation of the economic system. They tended to support the practices of corporations because they were wealthy and had power. Unions demanded higher wages, government regulation, and better working conditions. All of these demands went against the thinking of the time and would have cost the government money and the favor of the powerful in the country.
Exports are goods and services that are produced in one country and sold to buyers in another. Exports, along with imports, make up international trade.
