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Period 6 vocab apush
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Big business | Railroads, combination of leadership, technology, markets, labor, & government support |
| Subsidies | A sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry so the price of the commodity remains low |
| Conspicuous consumption | Much spending by the people occurs primarily to display wealth and status to others rather than from enjoyment of the goods and services |
| Sharecropping | A system of agriculture where a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crop produced on the land |
| Unions | Goals were to increase wages, get 8 hour shifts, & worker cooperatives |
| Political machines |