What is the main idea of the text?
only people in northwest pennsylvania knew how ruthless standard oil could be
only people with private agendas did not trust standard oil. everybody else believed it had good
practices.
because standard oil had been operating the way it had for so long, people just accepted that
things would not change.

Because Standard Oil had been operating the way it had for so long, people just accepted that things would not change.

Explanation:

        i'm fairly sure that the correct answers are 2 and 3.

        i used both my knowledge of world history and the process of elimination to obtain these answers. option 1 cannot be a possible selection because the mandate of heaven belongs to ancient chinese philosophical belief. option 4 sounds like it would benefit the region than detriment it. however, both 2 and 3 explain a potential reason for what could have contributed to the fall of the roman empire.

      hope this ! if i were you, i'd get a second opinion, because i haven't taken this course for a year. best of luck!

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im going to go with b.