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contract clause
Was designed to prevent states from enacting legislation to extend the period during which debtors could meet their payments or otherwise relieve them of their contractual obligations – it was intended to cover contracts between ordinary citizens but was expanded by the interpretations of the Marshall court to prevent states from altering in any way privileges previously conferred on a corporation (Article I section 10 clause 1).

Article I Section 10 - Powers prohibited of States
No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
commerce clause
Congressional authority extends to all commerce that effects more than one state and to all activities, wherever they exist or whatever their nature… foreign or domestic (Article I section 8 clause 3).

Article I Section 8 - Powers of Congress
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes
necessary and proper clause
Article I Section 8 grants the Congress powers that can and “ought to be construed literally in advancement of the public good” – that is necessary and proper in the carrying out the governing duties as listed in the Constitution.
eminent domain
The inherent power of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate property, or rights in property with due monetary compensation, but without the owner's consent.
putting-out system
A means of subcontracting work. It was also known as the workshop system. In putting-out, work was contracted by a central agent to subcontractors who completed the work in their own facility, usually their own home.
Francis Cabot Lowell
Devised an efficient spinning apparatus and a power loom, based on the British models but with technological improvements.
Elias Howe
The inventor of the first American-patented sewing machine.
noblesse oblige
One must act in a fashion that conforms with one's position, and with the reputation that one has earned.