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S.S. lesson 3
Question | Answer |
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What is boom | A time of fast economic or population growth. |
What is refinery | |
Entrepreneur | A person who runs a business |
Free enterprise | A economic system in which people are able to start and run a business. |
Transcontinental railroad | A rail road that crossed the whole continent. |
Pertroleum | Oil |
Capital | Set up or improve a business. |
Human resources | Workers ideas and skills they bring to their jobs. |
Advertisement | A public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity. |
Tenements | Poorly built apartment buildings |
Prejudice | An unfair feeling or ruling. |
Regulations | Controls |
People who came from northern or western part of Europe before 1890 | Old immigration |
New immigration | People who came from southern and central Europe and other parts of the world after 1890s |