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Industrialism Vocab
History Industrialism Vocab Words (11 words)
Question | Answer |
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markets | places where buyers and sellers come together |
industry | name given to all businesses engaged in the same productive industry |
product | manufactured or agricultural good ready for sale |
mechanization | the process of using machines to make products more efficiently |
labor strike | a refusal to work by a group of laborers trying to force business owners to make their work conditions acceptable |
monopoly | control of the majority of the business transactions in an industry by one large company |
patent | legal recognition of an inventor's rights to profit from selling his or her invention to a production company |
urbanization | the movement of large numbers of citizens from rural areas to cities |
ghetto | a neighborhood where poor city dwellers live in crowded, dirty, and dangerous conditions |
tenement | a poorly constructed and maintained apartment building located in a ghetto |
political machine | a group of city leaders who take advantage or poor, uneducated city residents by doing favors for individuals while stealing tax dollars and failing to provide city services required of them |