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15 Cards in this Set
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profit |
the money a business earns after all its expenses are paid. |
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mass production |
to produce many things at once, usually with machinery. |
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industrial revolution |
the period when there was a shift from making goods by hand at home to making them in a factory. |
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canal |
a human-made waterway. |
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vaquero |
A Mexican cowboy |
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annex |
to take territory and join it to a state or country. |
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Missouri compromise |
A law passed by Congress in 1820 that allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state while Missouri entered as a slave state. |
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manifest destiny |
the belief that the United States had a right to add territory until it reached the Pacific Ocean. |
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wagon train |
a line of wagons traveling as a group. |
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prairie schooner |
a covered wagon with large wheels, used for transportation to the west. |
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persecution |
poor treatment of a person or group based on their religion. |
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gold rush |
the quick movement of people to a place where gold has been discovered. |
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entrepreneur |
someone who takes a risk to start a business. |
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discrimination |
unfair treatment. |
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pony express |
Mail service to California provided by riders on swift horses. |
