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For the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century, investment capital came mostly from the __ of the firms.

savings

Serving as financial advisers to railroads, the investment bankers often eventually found themselves taking __.

control

With a __-growth strategy, a company gained control of two or more stages of a business operation.

vertical

The industries of Rockefeller and Carnegie illustrate how new technologies made it possible to use __ resources in new ways.

natural

The wave of mergers that swept through American businesses in 1893 resulted in the first __ corporation.

billion dollar

J. Pierpont Morgan created __ when he merged nine competing steel manufacturers into one.

United States Steel Company

The late 1800s was a time of explosive growth, invention, and innovation, with innovations made into __ businesses.

systematic

Herbert Spencer advocated __.

social Darwinism

According to Henry George, large landowners were the source of __.

inequality

Henry George proposed a single tax on __ profits.

unearned

According to Henry George, the “unearned” profits originated in rising __ prices.

land

1890 was one of the major years of economic growth and prosperity during the __ Age.

Gilded

Bellamy, Looking Backward was published in __.

1888

United States v. E.C. Knight Co. __ its application.

limited

The Sherman Antitrust Act was deliberately __.

vague

Nearly all women working in industry were __ in the city.

born

Males tended to no longer pursue certain professional occupations once women entered them in significant numbers, due to jobs being __.

feminized

The bulk of the manpower to work in the many new factories came from both the __ areas of America and Europe.

rural

Insurance was a union benefit the __ provided their members prior to the Civil War.

railroad “brotherhoods”

For ordinary workers to affect the industrial order, they had to develop their own kind of integrated system, which was __.

unionization

Carnegie preached a __ of Wealth.

Gospel