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social studies 4&5
S.S vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| free enterprise | An economic system in which people are able to start and run their own buisnesses with little control by the goverment |
| transcontinental railroad | the railroad line that crossed North America |
| entrepreneur | a person who sets upo and runs a buisness |
| petroleum | oil |
| capital | the money needed to set up or improve a buisness |
| human resource | a worker who brings his/her own ideas and skills to a job |
| old immigration | People who came from northern and westren Europe before 1890 to settle in North America |
| new immigration | People who came from Southren and central Europe and other parts of the world after 1890 to settle in North America |
| advertisment | A public announcement thta tells people about a product or an oppurtunity |
| tenement | a poorly built appartment |
| prejudice | An unfair feeling or hate |
| regulation | A rule or an order |