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18 Cards in this Set
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Communication
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Is sending and recieving of information.
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Transportation
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Is the moving of people and goods from place to place.
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Stagecoach
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Is an enclosed wagon pulled by a team of horses.
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Telegraph
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Was a machine that used electricity to send messages over wires.
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Transcontinental Railroad
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A railroad that crossed the North American continent, linking the Alantic and the Pacific coasts.
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Engineer
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Is a person who plans and roads, bridges, and railroads.
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Invest
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To buy something such as a share in a company,in the hope that it will make money in the future.
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A civil war
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Is war between groups of people who live in the same country or have been.
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Labors
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Workers.
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Levee
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A high wall made of earth used to block floods or rivers.
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Tenant Farmers
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People who pay rwnt to use land.
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Prejudice
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Is a unfair feeling of hate or dislike for membersof a certain group because of their background, race, or religion.
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Reservation
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Land set aside by the government for use by Indians.
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Urban growth
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The growth of cities.
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Competition
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Is the contest among many companiies to get the most customers or sell the most products.
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Boom
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A time for fast econimic growth.
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Derrick
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A tower built over a well to hold the machines used for drilling.
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Advertising
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The information that a buisness provides its product or service to make people want to buy it.
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