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The available options are:
(1) Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful.
(2) Strong labor unions are essential to the health of the economy.
(3) Natural resources belong to all citizens and should not be used for private gain.
(4) Concentrating economic power in the hands of a few individuals is a threat to the country.
Answer:
Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful
Explanation:
The statement best describes an attitude shared by John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J. P. Morgan is "Economic competition is inefficient and wasteful."
This is evident in the fact that all these three aforementioned wealthy Americans were popularly known for their tendency to develop any form of monopoly in their various business industry.
To them, the existence of economic competition leads to inefficiency. Hence, they always prefer to eliminate the competition, before committing massive investments for the needed growth and development, instead of outwitting the competitors.
<span>It is thought to have been the reason why Polk won the election over Clay. Polk was a slave owner and was in favor of annexing Texas which was a slave state already, thus growing the slavery movement. Clay was initially against annexing Texas when Van Buren was initially running against him. When Polk ended up winning the nomination for the Democratic party over Van Buren, Clay then changed his mind on the topic of the annexation to support it, as Polk had. This made him appear wishy-washy and led to be Polk becoming President.</span>
<span>They were upset because the southerners wanted there not to have another slave state, so they wanted to have a free slave state.</span>
