Answer:
Monopolies are bad for the economy because lack of competition allows a few to set prices, stagnate competition.
Explanation:
How did the rich take advantage:
The rich had ready capital to either buy out smaller competitors or drive them out with undercut prices until the competitor failed, then prices to consumer went back up even higher.
It happened in the early industrial revolution: Rockefeller/Standard Oil,
Carnegie and JP Morgan= Steel industry
Still going on today, especially in the tech arena.
Able to manipulate what we buy, the way we think, etc.
We need to be responsible, situationally aware consumers.
During World War I, Germany had been blockaded, so they didn't have the fertilizer for their crops and the food to survive, which then led to deaths. After the war, Germany was just really inefficient, and they had major problems. These problems then led to Hitler becoming the tyrant of Germany, which then led to World War II because he blamed all of the problems on the Jewish people, which then made even more problems.
China fought for the ALLIES, specially in the Pacific Front against Japan, losing more than 15 million people.
The Soviet Union fought for the ALLIES on the Eastern Front, facing the German forces and losing more than 20,000,000 people.
Italy fought for the AXIS, helping Germany at the Mediterranean Front. It lost about 500,000 people.
Germany fought for the AXIS. Its attacks were held all across the world, from the Mediterranean to Eastern Russia, including North Africa and the Atlantic Ocean. It lost about 7 million people.
The United States fought for the ALLIES. US forces joined the war in 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Its casualties reached 420,000 deaths.
Answer:
The answer is D., European Union.
