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100
The things people buy or sell.
What are goods.
100
This is St. Louis's nickname.
What is "the gateway to the west".
100
The way people and things are carried from one place to another.
What is transportation.
100
A track with two steel rails on which trains move.
What is a railroad.
200
People used these for travel and trade.
What are rivers.
200
St. Louis began as this.
What is a trading post.
200
A machine that turns steam into power.
What is a steam engine.
200
A machine that sends signals by electricity.
What is a telegraph.
300
The work that one person does for another.
What is a service.
300
Name two of the businesses that entrepreneurs started.
What are mills, newspapers, running passenger boats.
300
He built the first useful steamboat in 1807.
Who is Robert Fulton.
300
He helped invent the telegraph.
Who is Samuel Morse.
400
A person who takes a risk , or a chance, and starts a business.
What is an entrepreneur.
400
These are two of the places that newcomers came from.
What are Germany and Ireland.
400
The way people pass information to each other.
What is telegraph.
400
This group of young horse riders carried the mail.
What is the Pony Express.
500
The money that a business earns after paying all of its costs.
What is a profit.
500
Something that belongs to a person and not the government.
What is private property.
500
The railroad linked the East and West coasts in this year.
What is 1869.
500
In the early 1800's, people used to arrive in St. Louis one of these two ways
What is by horse or boat.