Over time, most people forgot all the bad things Standard Oil had done.
Rockefeller waged a successful public relations campaign.
The public accepted Rockefeller’s explanations when people complained.
No one was willing to stand up to the powerful Rockefeller.
Option A, they were among the first to publicize immoral, corrupt practices of large industries are the right answer.
All the three Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Frank Norris were the muckrakers, who presented Americans with details about corruption in industry and government. While, Upton Sinclair presented the harsh conditions and abused lives of the immigrants, particularly in the Meatpacking industry of the United States. Ida Tarbell wrote a set of articles to expose the corruption in the Standard Oil to end the monopoly. Same was the case with Frank Norris, who wrote about the monopoly of railroads in California.
The answer to number one is because they wanted to stop the spread of communist propaganda. The answer for number two is they would lose their jobs, separated from the community, abused verbally and physically, shunned, lost friends, and even family members.
England fought against each other in the english war.