Chapter 14

Question 1

Nativists

Answer 1

Someone who favors native borns over immigrants

Question 2

Factory

Answer 2

a building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.

Question 3

Trademark

Answer 3

any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination thereof, used in commerce to identify

Question 4

Capitalist

Answer 4

a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism

Question 5

Patents

Answer 5

set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.

Question 6

Liability

Answer 6

the state of being responsible for something, especially by law.

Question 7

Incorporation

Answer 7

a legal entity that is effectively recognized as a person under the law

Question 8

Labor union

Answer 8

an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.

Question 9

Strike

Answer 9

a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer

Question 10

McCormick’s reaper

Answer 10

a farming tool or person that reaps (cuts and gathers) crops at harvest, when they are ripe.

Question 11

Turnpike

Answer 11

a high-speed highway, especially one maintained by tolls. 2. (formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid

Question 12

Productivity

Answer 12

the state or quality of producing something, especially crops

Question 13

Barter

Answer 13

exchange (goods or services) for other goods or services without using money.

Question 14

Caste

Answer 14

Social class, rank