Industrialization

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entrepreneur
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person who invests money in a business to make a profit
protective tariff
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tax on imports designed to make imported goods cost more than those made locally
laissez-faire
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policy that allows businesses to operate under minimal government regulation
patent
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grant by the federal government giving an inventor the exclusive right to develop, use, and sell an invention for a set period of time
suspension bridge
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bridge in which the roadway is suspended by steel cables
time zone
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one of the 24 longitudinal areas of the world within which the same time is used
mass production
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system in which factories turn out large numbers of products quickly and expensively
corporation
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a business in which a number of people share ownership
monopoly
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complete control of a product or service
cartel
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arrangement in which businesses making the same product agree to limit their production, keeping prices high
horizontal integration
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system of consolidating many firms in the same business into a single company
trust
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an arrangement where companies assign their stock to a board of trustees, who combine them into a new organization; trustees run the organization and pay themselves dividends on profits
vertical integration
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system of a corporation gaining control of the many different businesses that make up all phases of a product’s development
sweatshop
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factory that employs people to work for long hours on machines making mass-produced items
company town
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community owned by a business that rented out houses to employees
collective bargaining
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negotiating as a group for higher wage or better working conditions
socialism
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an economic and political philosophy that favors public, instead of private, control of property and income

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