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Ch. 10 section 1
History vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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free enterprise | the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal governmental regulation |
capital | money for investment |
capitalism | an economic system based on private property and free enterprise |
factory system | system bringing manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficency |
patent | a document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to an invention for a period of time |
interchangeable parts | uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces |
cotton gin | a machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber |
contribute | help to cause an event or situation |
element | one part of a larger part |