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Boom   A time of fast economic growth  
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Refinery   A factory where metals, fuels, and other materials are cleaned and made into usable products.  
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Prospecter   Those searching for gold, silver and other materials  
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Bust   A time of fast economic decline  
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Long Drive   A trip made by ranchers to lead cattle to market or to the railroads  
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Homesteader   Person living on land granted by the government  
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Open Range   Land on which animals can graze freely  
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Reservation   An area of land set aside by the government for use only by Native Americans  
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Free Enterprise   economic and political doctrine holding that a capitalist economy can regulate itself in a freely competitive market through the relationship of supply and demand with a minimum of governmental intervention and regulation  
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Transcontinental Railroad   a railroad that goes across North America  
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Entrepreneur   person who organizes a business  
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Petroleum   oily liquid found underground  
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Capital   money available for business use  
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Human Resource   a person who has great knowledge about something  
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New Immigration   immigrants from southern and western Europe and the rest of the world  
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Old Immigration   immigrants from eastern and northern Europe  
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Advertisement   something that pursuades people to do something or buy something  
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Tenement   a beat up old apartment  
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Prejudice   people being treated bad because of their race or religion  
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Regulation   a rule  
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