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CH 13 Textbook Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |