Question by Sal: What was a result of the laissez-faire economic policies followed by the Federal Government between the Civil? War and 1990? A) Consumers benefited from government regulation of prices in the oil and steel industries. B)Employers used their profits to improve wages and working conditions for their employees. C)Entrepreneurs created trusts and monopolies to maintain control of the market. D)Lower tariffs increased foreign trade and the sale of United States goods abroad. Best answer: Answer by simplicitusNone of the above. The Federal government did NOT follow laissez-faire policies. Laissez-fAire means “hands off”, “no intervention”, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire Read more... ...