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Vocabulary quiz 5/17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reformer | someone who makes changes to something in order to improve it. |
| cotton gin | a machine that separated cotton from its seeds |
| telegraph | communication device that sends electrical signals along a wire |
| locomotive | engine that pulls a railroad train |
| clipper ship | fast-sailing ship of the mid-1800s |
| artisan | worker who has learned a trade, such as carpentry |
| trade union | association of trade workers formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions |
| strike | refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands are met |
| famine | severe food shortage and starvation |
| nativist | person who wanted to limit immigration and preserve the United States for native-born white Protestants |
| discrimination | policy or attitude that denies equal rights and treatment to certain groups of people |
| slave code | laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights |
| extended family | close-knit family group that includes grandparents, parents, children, aunts, uncles and cousins |
| temperance movement | campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol |
| abolitionist | person who wanted to end slavery in the United States |
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