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vocab. chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Entrepreneur | a person who invest money in something. |
| Protective Tariff | tax on imported goods. |
| Patent | rights given by government. |
| Bessemer Process | method for making steel more efficently. |
| Lassez faire | control over a private business. |
| sherman Antitrust Act | law that banned trust. |
| Sweatshop | employees that worked under poor conditions. |
| Pullman Strike | the strike that started in chicago. |
| Mass Production | large numbers of goods. |
| Corportion | a company known as a legal unit. |
| Monopoly | a major control by one company. |
| Cartel | an ilegal business. |
| Trust | group of companies that are placed under control of managing board. |
| Horizontal Intergration | system of consolidating. |
| Vertical Integration | system thats involed in all the steps of a manufacture. |
| Company Town | a town that only has one business. |
| Collective Bragining | employees negotiante with labor unions about. hours. |
| Hyamarke Riot | 1886 protest in chicago. |
| Homestead Strike | strike aginst steelworkers. |
| Suspension Bridge | the most dramatic constructions. |
| Time Zone | divided times. |
| Social Darwinism | animals involed in natrual selection. |
| Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) | first monitorng business. |
| American Federation Of Labor (AFL) | formed by samuel gompers in 1886. |
| Knights Of Labors | labor union that focused on broad social reforms. |
| Socialism | a political and economic theory. |