During the gilded age, how did the us congress act to regulate business practices? a. congress passed laws that supported laissez-faire policies to businesses grow. b. congress was concerned about workers, so they passed laws that guaranteed a minimum wage. c. congress did not pass laws that would control the growth of monopolies. d. congress passed laws that ensured workplace safety. (a is wrong )

Which of the following statements about the economic consequences of the civil war is not accurate. a. inflation caused prices to rise by 80% in the north. b. because southern farms cannot process enough food for everyone in the south the union navy allowed food shipments from britain. c. to pay for all of the food supplies and arrangements that were necessary for the union army congress instituted an income tax. d. business boomed in the north as factories and farms always had a market for their products.