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Rise of Industry
Chapter 12 U.S. History
Term | Definition |
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Gross National Product | the total value of goods and services produced by a country during a year. |
Entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise. |
Laissez-faire | a policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy. |
Land Grant | a grant of land by the federal government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges. |
Corporation | an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person. |
Economies of Scale | the reduction in the cost of a good brought about especially by increased production at a given facility. |
Monopoly | total control of a type of industry by one person or one company. |
Holding Company | a company whose primary business is owning a controlling share of stock in other companies |
Trust | a combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement. especially to reduce competition. |
Deflation | a decline in the volume of available money or credit that results in lower prices, and therefore increases the buying power of money. |
Industrial Union | an organization of common laborers and craft workers in a particular industry. |
Lockout | a company tool to fight union demands by refusing to allow employees to enter its facilities to work. |
Arbitration | setting a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider. |
Injunction | a court order whereby on is required to do or to refrain from doing a specific act. |
Closed Shop | an agreement in which a company agrees to hire only union members. |
Vertical Intergration | combining of many firms engaged in the same type of business into one corporation. |
Horizontal Integration | the combining of companies that supply equipment and services needed for a particular industry. |