"Something new has come to confront American democracy... This is our proudest boast: "The American citizen has more comforts and conveniences than kings had 200 years ago." It is a fact and this fact is the outward evidence of the new force which has crossed the path of American democracy. The increasing stream of automobiles and radios, buildings and bathrooms, furs and furniture, liners, hotels, bridges, vaccim cleaners... These are the signs... Consumption is bringing it about that the American citizen's first importance to his country is no longer that of a citizen, but of consumer."- Samuel Strauss, "Things Are in the Saddle", Atlantic Monthly, 1924Which of the following groups benefited the most from the growth described in the excerpt?A. large corporationsB. international migrantsC. womenD. the Democratic Party

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