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16 Cards in this Set
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Tenement
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A rundown and often overcrowded apartment house
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Swindlers
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Scammers who con people to make a buck
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organization
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An organized body of people with a particular purpose
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Sweatshop
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A factory or workshop where workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions
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leisure
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Free time
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Enclaves
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A separate space or group within a large one
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Gilded Age
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The period in the U.S. c1870-98 , characterized by a greatly expaning economy and the emergence of plutocratic influences in government and society.
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Recession
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A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and idustrial activity are reduced ,generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters
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Catalyst
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A person or thing that precipitates an event
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Gross national product
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is a market vaule of all the products and services produced in one year by labour and propery supplied by the citizens of a country
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Entrepreneur
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A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses ,taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
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Interpret
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Explain the meaning of information, words or actions
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trust
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Confidence placed in a person by making that persom the nominal owner of property to be held or used for the benefits of one or more others
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strike
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A sudden attack
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labor union
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An organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests
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Capitalism
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An economic or political system in which a countys trade and industry are c controlled by private owners
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