Big Business chps 25 &27

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Something that is made for the first time

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invention

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This is formed when a business gets too big, and all other businesses go out (gets rid of all other competition) making only one large company

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Monopoly

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When a company begins to control and take over many other companies/ businesses

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big business

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A product that moves from worker to worker on a conveyor belt until it is put together

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assembly line

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factories that clean oil after it is taken out of the earth

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Oil Refineries

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a strong metal made from Iron

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steel

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When large amounts of items are made very quickly using an assembly line

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mass production

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A long, moving belt that carries parts past factory workers

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conveyor belt

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Big Business leaders who created monopolies and got rid of all competition. They did not pay their workers much money and even put children to work, so they could make more money.

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robber Barons

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The "hands off" attitude of the US government towards big businesses, where they did not get involved or make any laws to stop them from getting too big or powerful, causing many big businesses to take advantage of their workers.

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Laissez-faire