If you are referring to the cartoon that shows the Standard Oil Company as an octopus, then the message is that Standard Oil Company is a dangerous monopoly that controls the US government.
If you look in the picture, you can see that the octopus (representing Standard Oil Company) has its tentacles wrapped around different federal buildings including the State capitol, Congress, and is soon to be taking control of the White House. This symbolism is trying to show that this company has controll over the federal government and that it cannot be stopped. This author is definitely painting the Standard Oil Company in a negative light.
I think it’s D, the act of two parties agreeing to destroy a contract.
Lt. Colonel Custer and the 7th cavalry at the little bighorn were massacred by a huge gathering of indians. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were 2 of the chiefs involved. The correct answer is they were massacred by the Lakota Souix and Cheyenne tribes.
The term used to describe a trade route with three stops is "triangle trade" since these three stops can be represented by the three corners of a simple triangle.