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What is Agriculture?
Of, or relating to farming
What is the definition of finance?
to provide manage, provide, or to raise money for something
What is the definition of a monopoly?
when a person, business, or government has complete control over something
What is the definition of reformer?
someone who works toward bringing about positive change
What is the definition of a sweatshop?
crowded, hot, and unventilated factory where workers work together to piece together clothes
What is the definition of assemble?
To put together
What is the definition of hierarchy?
a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order of above or below
What is the definition of muckraker?
a journalist who investigates and exposes corruption
What is the definition of revolution?
a sudden or marked change in something
What is the definition of tycoon?
a wealthy or powerful business person
What is the definition of an assembly line?
an arrangement of workers, machines, and equipment where the product being assembled passes from station to station until it is completed
What is the definition of immigrants?
people who come over from one country to settle permanently in another
What is the definition of philanthropist?
someone who loves humankind in general, and who helps promote humankind's welfare
What is the definition of robber baron?
someone who makes money off of taking advantage of others
What is the definition of unsanitary?
not clean
What is the definition of civil?
of, or relating to a country
What is the definition of industrial?
of, or relating to the accelerated manufacture of goods
What is the definition of profit?
a return or gain in the investment of money, time, or effort
What is the definition of rural?
of, or relating to the counrty
What is the definition of urban?
of or relating to the city
What is the definition of exploit?
to take advantage of someone or something
What is the definition of legislation?
the act or process of making laws
Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
he created the first telephone
Who was Thomas Edison?
he created the first light bulb
what was child labor?
where children worked for low pay