Vocabulary | Definition |
Boom | Boom means economic growth spurt |
Refinery | A factory that makes metal, fuel, and other material |
Prospector | A person searching for gold, silver, or other mineral resources |
Bust | Fast economic decline |
Long Drive | Taking cattle 10 million miles north to the railroads |
Homesteader | People who claimed homesteads |
Open Range | Free grazing site/area |
Reservation | An area of land designated to native americans |
Free Enterprise | A business with little or no government control |
Transcontinental Railroad | A railroad going around the continent |
Entrepreneur | a person that sets up their own business |
Petroleum | Another word for oil |
Capital | Money needed to set up or improve a business |
Human resource | Workers any ideas and skills the bring there jobs |
New Immigration | Immigrants coming from north or south Europe |
Old Immigrants | Immigrants coming from west Europe |
Advertisement | A public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity |
Tenement | A poorly built apartment building |
Prejudice | An unfair feeling of dislike or hate because of their background, race, or religion |
Regulation | Controls |