How did large mining companies succeed? a. they set up towns to sell supplies to individuals looking for gold. b. they used machines to dig deeply for gold. c. they paid for individual miners to come west to look for gold. d. they set up operations where individuals had not found gold.

B. They used machines to dig deeply for gold.

Explanation:

After the first rush to the western gold mining towns, large mining companies took over mining operations.  

They replaced individual miners so that they could make more money.

Individual miners couldn't compete with hydraulic mining and hard-rock mining.

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.

native americans suffered high rates of poverty and unemployment.

during the late 1960s and early 1970sthe need for political militancy grew among the native americans. throughout the 1960s, they had been the nation's poorest minority group, the most deprived group, according to practically every socioeconomic measure. in 1970, the indian unemployment rate was 10 times the national average, and 40 percent of the native american people were below the poverty line.