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Chapter 13
Social Studies
Term | Definition |
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Clipper Ship | A fast sailing ship with slender lines, tall masts, and large square sails |
Telegraph | A device or system that uses electric signals to transmit messages by a code over wires |
Morse Code | A system for transmitting messages that uses a series of dots and dashes to represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation |
Trade Union | Organization of workers with the same trade or skill |
Discrimination | Unfair treatment of a group; unequal treatment because of a person's race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth |
Strike | A stopping of work by workers to force an employer to meet demands |
Famine | An extreme shortage of food |
Prejudice | An unfair opinion not based on facts |
Nativist | A person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants |
Cotton Gin | A machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber |
Capital | Money for investment |
Yeoman | Southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people |
Spiritual | An African American religious folk song |
Tenant Farmer | Farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops |
Slave Codes | Laws passes in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people |