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Chapter 14 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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innovation | a new development or invention |
clipper ship | ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journey |
transform | to change significantly |
telegraph | a device that used electric signals to send messages |
morse code | a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet |
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 |
community | group of people who live in the same area |
license | an official authority to do something |
famine | an extreme shortage of food |
nativist | person opposed to immigration |
productivity | a measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time and effort |
process | to prepare |
consequence | result |
domestic slave trade | the trade of enslaved people among states of the United States |
yeoman | farmer who owns a small farm |
overseer | plantation manager |
legal | permitted by law |
spiritual | an African American religious folk song |
slave code | law in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people |
brief | short |
Underground Railroad | a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped |
literacy | the ability to read and write |