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History Test '09

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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
nativist a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants
yeoman southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people
Tenant Farmer farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent in either cash or crops
Transcendentalism any of a group of New England writers who stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience
abolitionist a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery
spiritual an African American religious folk song
slave code the laws passed in the southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people
Seneca Falls Location of the first meeting for the woman's movement
The Underground Railroad a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north
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