"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 6

This list focuses on a new industrial age (Unit 2, Chapter 6).

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  1. resource
    a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed
  2. industrialization
    the development of commercial enterprise
  3. manufacture
    put together out of artificial or natural components
  4. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  5. innovative
    introducing new ideas or creative methods
  6. incandescent
    emitting light as a result of being heated
  7. efficient
    being effective without wasting time, effort, or expense
  8. transcontinental
    spanning one of the large landmasses of the earth
  9. transit
    a facility for the movement of passengers or goods
  10. synchronize
    cause to indicate the same time or rate
  11. opportunity
    a possibility from a favorable combination of circumstances
  12. opportunist
    a person who places expediency above principle
  13. magnate
    a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
  14. grant
    a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
  15. commerce
    transactions supplying goods and services
  16. consolidation
    the act of combining into an integral whole
  17. integration
    the act of combining into a whole
  18. vertical
    of all stages of a business from production to distribution
  19. evolution
    sequence of events involved in the development of a species
  20. survival
    the state of remaining alive
  21. monopoly
    exclusive control or possession of something
  22. trust
    a group of organizations formed to limit competition
  23. baron
    a very wealthy or powerful businessman
  24. federation
    an organization formed by merging several groups or parties
  25. labor
    an organized attempt by workers to improve their status
  26. mobilize
    make ready for action or use
  27. arbitration
    the hearing and determination of a dispute by a referee
  28. negotiate
    discuss the terms of an arrangement
  29. organize
    form or join an organized group of workers
  30. advocate
    speak, plead, or argue in favor of
  31. injunction
    a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
  32. wage
    payment for work
  33. condition
    a state at a particular time
  34. socialism
    an economic system based on state ownership of capital
  35. capitalism
    an economic system based on private ownership of assets
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:03:01 EST 2016 (updated Thu Nov 17 15:23:56 EST 2016)

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