<span>They built up their supply of arms and made agreements to support each other in the event of war.
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The obvious answer would be business leaders. The reason why this is true is becaus business leaders were often the ones who were touting the ideas of social darwinism and how their company is better and will stomp out the smaller one in proper sociodarwinistic fashion.
The correct answer is letter A.
Explanation: In the nineteenth and in the twentieth century most of people classified as middles class were living in tenement houses with bad conditions, but it was where they could live.
<span>A) a wide range of issues</span>