BIG BUSINESS

VOCABULARY WORDS

• Corporation - a larger company in which people invest money and share ownership
• Monopoly - a business that completely controls an industry
• Labor Unions - groups that represented workers
• Strike - when workers refuse to work

THOMAS EDISON

• Invented the world's first lightbulb.
• Made more than 1,000 inventions with help.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

• Invented the world's first telephone.
• Teacher of people who were deaf.

LEWIS LATTIMER

• African American scientist.
• Helped both Bell and Edison with inventions.
• Got people to use the lightbulbs in homes.

WORKERS

• Worked 60 hours a week
• $400 a year
• Needed $800 a year