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CH 13 Textbook Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Discrimination | unfair treatment of a group; unequal treatment because of a person's race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth |
Famine | an extreme shortage of food |
Nativist | a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants |
Prejudice | an unfair opinion not based on facts |
Capital | money for investment |
Overseer | person who supervises a large operation or its workers |
Slave Code | laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people |
Yeomen | Southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people |
Pull Factor | reasons that encourage a person to relocate in a new place |
Push Factor | reasons that encourage a person to leave a particular region |