How did John D. Rockefeller horizontally integrate his monopoly in 1882?

Horizontal integration means gaining control of businesses that operate at the same stage of production. Rockefeller’s trust brought together oil refineries and controlled about 90 percent of the nation’s refining capacity, so choice A describes horizontal integration. Choice B instead includes wells and distribution, which are different stages of the oil business.

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