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Social Unit 3 Vocab
Industrialization and Immigration Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Corporation | Business that is owned by investors. |
| Stock | Share of ownership in a corporation. |
| Trust | Group of corporations run by a single board of directors. |
| Monopoly | A company or group having control of all businesses in an industry. |
| Free Enterprise System | Economic system in which private citizens own businesses and government has little control. |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | An 1890 law that banned trusts. |
| Mass Production | Process of making large quantities of products quickly and cheaply. |
| Sweatshop | Workplace where people work long hours in poor conditions for low pay. |
| Strikebreaker | Replacement worker for striking workers. |
| Collective Bargaining | Process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract. |