a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle.

Industrial Revolution

The transformation from an agricultural to and industrial nation.

an economic and social system in which capital, land and non-labor factors of production are privately owned.

The act of making a product from raw materials

a form of government; a political system in which the citizens elect the people who represent them in government.

to give over; surrender to give up control of.

a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849

Transcontinental Railroad

a railroad network of tracks that crosses a continental landmass from coast to coast.

a resident of the Northern region of the United States

a resident of the Southern region of the United States

the business of cultivating land, producing crops and raising livestock.

the idea that the United States was destined to expand from sea to sea.

the amount of a particular economic good or service that a consumer or group of consumers wants to purchase at a given time

the total amount of a good or service available for purchase

any device used to move items or people from one location to another

also called a market economy; economy that relies mostly on market forces to distribute goods and resources and determine prices

an industrial building where workers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another

any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is shown by a stock certificate

Someone who starts and runs a new business.

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Unit 7

Migration Westward

Question	Answer
Immigrant	a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle.
Industrial Revolution	The transformation from an agricultural to and industrial nation.
Capitalism	an economic and social system in which capital, land and non-labor factors of production are privately owned.
Manufacturing	The act of making a product from raw materials
Annex	to join together
Republic	a form of government; a political system in which the citizens elect the people who represent them in government.
Cede	to give over; surrender to give up control of.
Claim	a right to something
Forty-Niner	a miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849
Transcontinental Railroad	a railroad network of tracks that crosses a continental landmass from coast to coast.
Northerner	a resident of the Northern region of the United States
Southerner	a resident of the Southern region of the United States
Agriculture	the business of cultivating land, producing crops and raising livestock.
Manifest Desitiny	the idea that the United States was destined to expand from sea to sea.
Foreign	outside of one's own country
Demand	the amount of a particular economic good or service that a consumer or group of consumers wants to purchase at a given time
Supply	the total amount of a good or service available for purchase
Transportation	any device used to move items or people from one location to another
Free enterprise	also called a market economy; economy that relies mostly on market forces to distribute goods and resources and determine prices
Factory	an industrial building where workers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another
Share	any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is shown by a stock certificate
Entrepreneur	Someone who starts and runs a new business.

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