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8th Grade History
Chapters 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4
Term | Definition |
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clipper ship | ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journeys |
telegraph | a device that used electric signals to send messages |
morse code | a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet |
innovation | a new development or invention |
transform | to change significantly |
trade union | group of workers with the same trade, or skill |
strike | a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer |
prejudice | an unfair opinion not based on facts |
discrimination | unfair treatment |
famine | an extreme shortage of food |
nativist | person opposed to immigration |
community | group of people who live in the same area |
license | to give an official authority to do something |
productivity | a measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time and effort |
domestic slave trade | the trade of enslaved people among states of the United States |
process | to prepare |
consequence | result |
yeoman | farmer who owns a small farm |
overseer | plantation manager |
spiritual | an African American religious folk song |
slave codes | laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people |
underground railroad | a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped |
literacy | the ability to read and write |
brief | short |
legal | permitted by law |