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What is a patent?
A right to make and sell a product
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Who is Thomas Edison?
Invented the phonograph
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What is transcontinental?
Across a continent
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What is an anarchist
A person who wants to do way with ALL Government.
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Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
Invented the telephone
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What is capital?
Money in form of investment
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What is a strike?
a work stoppage
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Who is Andrew Carnegie
Changed the railroad from rails to beams
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What is labor union?
Organized workers that protect workers' right
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What is a rebate?
payment given back to a person or company to purchase goods.
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Who is Samuel Gomper
Started the American Federation of Labor
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What is Monopoly?
Organization of companies formed to control an industry
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What is to regulate.
to bring under the law
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Who is Tweed
NY's political boss
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What is an investor?
Person who lends money to make more money
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