Thomas Edison received over 1,000 _________________ for his new ideas and inventions, so that no one else could profit from them.

Because of the _____________________ system, American citizens are able to choose what they produce, purchase or sell.

As _________________________ changes, our work becomes easier, safer, faster, and more productive.

When I drive to New York, I have to pay over $8.00 in tolls on the ________________________.

In order to make a faster water route for trade, a _________________ was dug to connect the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean.

In the 1970s, the Bell Telephone sustem had a(an)_______________ because they were the only company that could provide phone service.

In 1848, Mexico was forced to ___________________, or give up, California to the United States.

Because people in the North and people in the South had very different ways of life, ___________________ increased and eventually led to a civil War.

Many items today are produced with ______________________ so that if a part breaks, it can be replaced without needing to replace the entire item.

the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, to make work faster, easier, and safer

a type of economy in which people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want

identical pieces that can be assembled quickly by unskilled workers

to give up or surrender something to someone else

a man-made waterway

complete control of a product or business by one group or person

exclusive rights over an invention

an economic system based on private ownership of capital

a road on which tolls are collected

different parts of the country developing unique and separate cultures