{"id":213588,"date":"2024-02-15T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=213588"},"modified":"2025-06-20T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T18:57:36","slug":"email-21-ged-qod-answer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/email-21-ged-qod-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"GED Question of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Standard Oil is depicted as an entity undermining democracy and the free market.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil, and it grew to become one of the most valuable corporations in world history due to its monopolistic control of nearly the entire American oil industry. The political cartoon uses an octopus\u2019 tentacles to symbolize the far-reaching influence of Standard Oil, including political corruption and disruption of the free market. While the cartoonist likely believes Standard Oil harmed the working classes, this cartoon shows Standard Oil crushing political institutions and businessmen. Therefore, Choice B is incorrect. Standard Oil was one of the world\u2019s first multinational corporations, but the cartoon doesn\u2019t address its effect on global institutions and markets. So, Choice C is incorrect. Compared to how the octopus is strangling the United States Capitol on the left side of the cartoon, the cartoon portrays it as merely reaching toward the White House, which is why the cartoon was entitled \u201cNext!\u201d Therefore, Choice D is incorrect.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Which statement best describes how Standard Oil is depicted in the political cartoon?<\/p>\n

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    Joseph Keppler’s\u00a0Next! (1904)<\/em><\/p>\n

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    1. Standard Oil is depicted as an entity that is undermining democracy and the free market.<\/li>\n
    2. Standard Oil is depicted as an entity that primarily poses a direct and immediate threat to the working classes.<\/li>\n
    3. Standard Oil is depicted as a multinational corporation that leverages its financial power to gain global influence.<\/li>\n
    4. Standard Oil is depicted as a power-hungry monopoly that already controls the White House.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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