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- combination of corporations that control an entire industry
- method of production in which work is done in homes rather than in a shop or factory
- bargaining method involving the refusal of workers to work until their demands have been met
- belief that government should leave business alone
- pattern consisting of alternating periods of prosperity and decline
- person who believes that people can live at peace with each other if they live in small cooperative settlements owning all of the means of production in common and sharing the products
- system of manufacturing large numbers of items that are exactly alike
- early phase of capitalism involving merchants who bought, sold, and ex changed goods
- way of making steel that involved the forcing of air through molten iron to burn off carbon and other impurities
- use of automatic machinery to increase production
- To improve the financial situation of the United States, Alexander Hamilton wanted toA. establish banks in each state.B. establish a national bank.C. encourage more farming.D. borrow more money to pay the country's bills.
- business owned and controlled by two or more people
- economic system in which private individuals rather than the government control the factors of production
- control of the total production or sale of a good or service by a single firm
- business organization involving the sale of stock to investors, but limiting the shareholders financial responsibility to the amount invested
- production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and many workers
- phase of capitalism during the Industrial Revolution when people were involved in producing and manufacturing goods themselves
- manufacturing business owned and controlled by one person
- established the first regular inland steamboat service
- practice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings