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GED US History vocab
Vocab, Missouri GED On-Line, Social Studies: U.S. History
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abolitionist | a person who fought to end slavery |
| amendment | an addition or change, especially to a law or legal document, such as the Constitution |
| apprentice | a young person who works for a period of years to learn a skill or trade from a craftsperson |
| colony | a settlement with close political ties to its parent country; colonists live in these settlements |
| communism | a system of government with a single party and state ownership of almost all property |
| democracy | a form of government in which the people rule |
| immigrant | a person who leaves his or her homeland for a new life in another country |
| indentured | legally bound to work for someone for a certain number of years, generally in exchange for passage to a new homeland |
| industrialize | to replace human labor with machines |
| labor union | an organization of workers who try to get better wages, benefits, and working conditions |
| manifest destiny | the belief that it is the nation's future to strech from ocean to ocean |
| manufacture | to make or produce goods |
| progressives | people who worked for the improvement of workers' lives and other reforms |
| secede | to break away from a nation and form a separate nation |
| segregation | the seperation of groups of people, usually by race |
| self-sufficient | dependent only on oneself for life's necessities |
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