Answer:
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Explanation:
Taking only the information of the fragment into
consideration, the only thing that we can infer is that Qin Shi Huang believed
that economic progress is the true mark of a successful empire. After all, the excerpt
is stating that he added greatly to China’s progress and built roads to improve
China’s trade, which mean he was concerned with the wealth of his empire.
On the other hand, the excerpt is not telling us the causes
of his short rule; therefore, we can discard answers A and C. In addition, even
though the excerpt is telling us he began the construction of the great wall,
it does not state his reason for doing so; therefore, we can rule out Answer B.
Last, we can rule out D because the excerpt is telling us he united China, but
is not telling us the means he used.
Taking all of this into consideration, we can conclude that
the answer is E.
Lack of government regulation of business practices.
Horizontal integration is the practice of buying smaller businesses creating competition so a company can have a monopoly over the sale of an item. Vertical integration is the practice of buying companies that supply the process of of a manufactured item from raw materials to transportation.
Corporate tycoons of the Gilded Age were able to use these economic practices because there were no laws or regulations to prevent them from doing so. John Rockefeller was an expert at horizontal integration. He bought oil industries out so he could be the sole provider of oil in America. Carnegie was an expert in vertical integration. He bought iron mines, creating steel mills, and bought rail lines to transport his goods. These practices made tycoons wildly wealthy which allowed them to continue buying and investing more to become more wealthy and powerful.
This system is distinguished from others because it has a chief executive (the president) who is chosen by the people to serve a limited term in office with a distinct separation of powers (the executive branch) as well as specific limitations on exactly what he/she can do while in office.
