It was horrible. In fact, it was in The Great Depression.
Many people were unemployed, hand no home, and had very low wages.
The answer to your question would most likely be C. Mainly because, the US Congress act to regulate business practices is when Congress passed laws that ensured workplace safety.
Raising taxes on tea. and when the colonists boycotted they order the tea to be unloaded and sold on US ground. The tea was thrown in thw water. This caused the Boston Tea Party