Question

summarize ideas/details (infotext) mastery check english ida tarbell and standard oil ida tarbell was a journalist in the early 1900s. she battled one of the biggest companies in the united states: john d. rockefellers standard oil company. tarbells writing exposed the nitty - gritty details of standard oils unfair business practices. they showed that rockefeller had forced all his competitors out of business, and as a result, he controlled 95 percent of the oil in the united states. because of this, rockefeller could set prices, and customers would just have to pay whatever he asked since they couldnt buy oil elsewhere. tarbells work was wildly popular amongst her readers and look at paragraph 2. which is the best way to phrase the central idea in a summary? a rockefeller put other companies out of business. b standard oil owned most of the oil in the country. c people had to pay more for oil because of no competition. d tarbell wrote how standard oil was being unfair in business.

Explanation:

The paragraph focuses on Ida Tarbell writing about Standard Oil's unfair business practices. Option A only mentions Rockefeller putting other companies out - of - business without the context of Tarbell's writing. Option B just states Standard Oil's oil - ownership without the unfairness aspect. Option C emphasizes the price - paying consequence rather than the main idea of Tarbell's exposure. Option D correctly summarizes that Tarbell wrote about Standard Oil's unfair business practices.

Answer:

D. Tarbell wrote how Standard Oil was being unfair in business.