Lack of government regulation of business practices.
Horizontal integration is the practice of buying smaller businesses creating competition so a company can have a monopoly over the sale of an item. Vertical integration is the practice of buying companies that supply the process of of a manufactured item from raw materials to transportation.
Corporate tycoons of the Gilded Age were able to use these economic practices because there were no laws or regulations to prevent them from doing so. John Rockefeller was an expert at horizontal integration. He bought oil industries out so he could be the sole provider of oil in America. Carnegie was an expert in vertical integration. He bought iron mines, creating steel mills, and bought rail lines to transport his goods. These practices made tycoons wildly wealthy which allowed them to continue buying and investing more to become more wealthy and powerful.
Answer: Colonists were looking for new economic opportunities.
Explanation:
The climatic conditions in the Southern colonies offered economic opportunities that incited immigration. Their economies were based on the cultivation of crops that could be sold in Europe, such as tobacco, rice, and indigo.
Virginia, founded in 1607, offered fertile land, abundant game, and plentiful timber. Carolina, founded in 1663 and later divided into North and South Carolina, had huge rice plantations in the south and small farms in the north.
The Geographic Regions of Virginia has good soil and fall line.
Answer:
A German u boat sunk an American cargo boat
Explanation:
The Soviet Union was led by Dictator Stalin through the years 1929-1953
