Industrialization Vocabulary

1. A workplace where people labor long hours in poor conditions for low pay. Many of the workers were women or children.
5. A business that owns all or nearly all of the business in an industry.
6. A Licenses for new inventions.
9. A group of companies run by a single board of directors.
11. When companies combine to operate more efficiently.
12. In 1913 Ford introduced the Moving __________ Line where workers stayed in one spot as products moved on a track.
13. A group of people working for the same trade. Negotiated with management for workers.
14. An increase in the money supply causing prices to rise.

2. A type of railroad that stretches across a continent from coast to coast. America’s was started in 1863.
3. A business owned by investors who are not responsible for debts the business owes.
4. A system where private citizens own businesses and decide what to make and sell.
7. A financial aid or land grant from the government.
8. Partial ownership of a company that is bought by investors.
10. A discount to customers to help them keep being customers by giving back some of the money they paid.