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Entrepreneur   Person who invests money in a product or buisness with the goal of making a profit      
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Protection tariff   Tax on imported goods making the price high enough to protect domestic goods from foreign competition      
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Laissez-faire   As in the absence of government control over private business      
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Patent   Official rights given by the government to an inventor for the exclusive right to develop, use, and sell an invention for a set period of time      
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Bessemer process   Method developed in the mid 1800's for making steel more efficiently      
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Suspension bridge   Bridge that has a roadway suspended by cables      
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Time zone   Any of the 24 longitudinal areas of the world within which the same time is used      
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Mass production   Production of goods in large numbers through the use of machinery and assembly lines      
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Corporation   Company recognized as a legal unit that has rights and liabilities separate from each of its members      
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Monopoly   Exclusive control by one company over an entire industry      
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Cartel   Association of producers of a good or service that prices and controls stocks in order to monopolize the market      
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Horizontal integration   System of consolidating many firms in the same business      
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Trust   Group of separate companies that are placed under the control of a single managing bird in order to form a monopoly      
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Vertical integration   System of consolidating firms involved in all steps of a products manufacture      
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Social Darwinism   The belief held by some in the late nineteenth century that certain nations and races were superior to others and therefore destined to rule over them      
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Sweat shop   Small factory where employees have to work long hours under poor conditions for little pay      
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Company town   Community whose residents rely upon one company for jobs, housing and shopping      
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Collective bargaining   Process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages and other working conditions      
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Socialism   System or theory under which the means of production are publicly controlled and regulated rather than owned by individuals      
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