Industrialization Vocab

Front

Government should be "hands off" business

Back

Laissez-Faire

Front

Workers unite to negotiate better conditions

Back

Union

Front

Organized workers refuse to work for better conditions

Back

strike

Front

Union members and owners negotiate over wages and conditions to avoid work stoppage.

Back

Collective bargaining.

Front

Skilled-workers

Back

Trained in a specific job, receive more pay.

Front

A large business that sells stock to raise capital.

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corporation

Front

Business controls entire industry, driving out competition

Back

Monopoly

Front

Crowded room where workers make products.

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Sweatshop

Front

Union allowing skilled, unskilled, women, and African Americans.

Back

Knights of Labor

Front

Founded by Samuel Gompers, allowed only skilled workers.

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American Federation of Labor