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Chpt 14 Terms/Names
Chpt 14 Glossary/ After You Read
Question | Answer |
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Abolitionist | Someone working to end slavery. |
Artisan | Skilled workers who make products by hand. |
Culture | A people's customs, beliefs, laws, and ways of living. |
Philosophy | A set of opinions about life and the world |
Rehabilitate | To prepare people to live useful lives after their release from prison |
Scandinavia | Region that includes the countries of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. |
Urban | Related to a city. |
Repeal | Cancel. |
Resolution | Pledge to do something or to keep from doing it. |
Slang | Special words and meanings that are used in place of standard language. |
Emigrant | A person who leaves a country. |
Immigrant | A person who settles in a new country. |
Famine | A severe food shortage. |
Prejudice | A negative opinion not based on facts. |
Romanticism | A style of art that stressed the individual, imagination, creativity, and emotion. |
Transcendentalism | A philosophy that taught that the spiritual wold is more important than the physical one. |
Revivals | Meetings to reawaken religious faith. |
Strike | A stopping of work to demand better conditions. |
Abolition | The movement to end slavery |
Suffrage | The right to vote. |