Question

During the early 20th century, corporations used holding companies to do which of the following?
reduce the power of unions

shelter earning from income taxes

pursue a policy of vertical integration

exert a greater amount of political influence

Answer 1

Uh... all of those sound like it, except the unions, which... Unions would actually have a greater influence if there were only 1 company.
Not sure about campaign contribution laws, but I don't think holding companies HAVE to mean better contribution
Vertical integration is when a company buy up all parts of the production process, best example today being apple, but holdings were usually associated with horizontal integration...
holding companies doesn't have anything to do with sheltering income taxes

I will probably have to go with the reducing Union power part, it makes the most sense.

Answer 2

thanks!

Answer 3

Don't take my reasoning as law, but glad to help.

Answer 4

I looked it up some to and I came up with the same answer :)

Answer 5

For those who use this as a future reference Reduce power unions is wrong.