Industry Vocab List

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Production, distribution, and use of wealth

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Economic

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A person who organizes and operates a business

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Entrepreneur

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A good manufactured for sale (profit)

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Product

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Production of goods in large quantities

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Mass Production

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A ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that 'clipped' time from long journeys

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Clipper Ship

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Power applied to an engine by steam.

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Steam Power

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Making goods on a large scale

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Manufacture

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Device using electric signals to send messages

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Telegraph

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Belief that the U.S. was destined by God to expand to the Pacific.

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Manifest Destiny

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Rapid movement to California's goldfield, 1849

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Gold Rush