When Mintz (with Freitag) examined the background of the 205 individuals who had been cabinet members from 1897 to 1973, she fou
nd: Group of answer choices a. there was a strong tendency to come from a business-elite background (76%) b. there was no tendency to come from a business-elite background. c. while there was some tendency to come from a business-elite background (22%), it was not as great as having a military-elite background. d. most cabinet members came from the South
Answer: a. there was a strong tendency to come from a business-elite background (76%)
Explanation:
Beth Mintz and Peter Freitag analyzed the backgrounds of every cabinet member serving between 1897 and 1973. Not only did they found that 66% of them could be considered as part of the upper class before getting their cabinet jobs, but also that more than 76% of them were connected with prominent corporations, and 90% of them came either from upper class or were linked with those corporations.
