Invention and Immigration vocabulary: 5th Grade
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| monopoly | a company that has control of an entire industry
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| free enterprise | An economic system in which people are free to start their own businesses and own their own property- the economic system of the USA.
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| capital resources | The money, tools, machines, buildings, and equipment a company uses to provide and/or produce goods and services.
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| human resources | The people who work to produce goods and services.
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| consumer | A person who buys and/or uses goods and services.
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| investor | A person who gives money to a business or project, hoping to make a profit (earn money).
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| stock | A share of a company that is sold to an investor.
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| corporation | A business owned by investors.
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| diversity | Variety, an assortment
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| prejudice | An unfair negative opinion about a group of people.
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| labor union | A group of workers joined together to fight for improved working conditions and better wages and benefits.
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| sweatshop | A factory or workshop where people work under poor conditions.
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| strike | The refusal of workers to work until business owners meet their demands.
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| Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor of telephone
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| Andrew Carnegie | The builder of a huge steel empire.
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| Thomas Edison | Inventor of the electric light bulb and the phonograph (record player).
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| Labor Day | A holiday to celebrate American workers.
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| Angel Island | A West Coast entrance site for Asian immigrants, near San Francisco.
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| Ellis Island | An East Coast entrance site for European immigrants, near New York City.
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| John Rockefeller | Businessman who founded Standard Oil of Ohio, monopolist.
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