Vocab Words-5&6
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| Transcontinental Railroad | A railroad that crosses North America, linking the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts.
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| free enterprise | An economic system in which people may start and run buisnesses with little government control.
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| petroleum | Oil.
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| entreprenuer | A person who sets up and runs a buisness.
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| advertisement | A public anoucement that tells people about a product or an opportunity.
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| tenement | A poorly built apartment building.
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| settlement house | A community center that provides food, health care, and classes where people can learn new skills.
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| labor union | A group of workers who join together to improve their working conditions.
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| strike | The stopping in work in protest of poor working conditions.
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| collective bargaining | When employers and workers discuss and agree on working conditions.
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| assembly line | Mass production in which parts of a product are put together as they move past a line of workers.
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| aviation | Air travel.
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| commission | A special committee.
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| corruption | A dishonest way of acting.
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| capitalism | A economic system in which people and buisnesses control the production of goods and services.
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| monopoly | A company that has little or no competition.
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| conservation | The protection of the environment by keeping natural resources from being wasted or destroyed.
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| yellow journalism | Style of newspaper writing in which reporters exaggerate the facts of a story in order to sell newspapers.
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| armistice | An agreement to stop fighting.
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| isthmus | A narrow strip of land that connects to larger landmasses.
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| progressive | A person who believes that the government and citizens can make life better.
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