Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

chapter 13A

social studies vocab

TermDefinition
Clipper Ship a fast sailing ship with slender lines, tall masts, and large square sails
Telegraph a device or system that uses electrical 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 alphabet, numbers, and punctuation
Elias Howe invented the sewing machine
John Deere invented the steel-tipped plow
Cyrus McCormick designed and constructed a mechanical reaper
Trade Union organizations of workers with the same trade or skill. They often organized to win better conditions or pay for workers
Strike refusal to work in order to put pressure on employers until their demands for better pay or conditions are met
Prejudice unfair opinion of someone that is not based on fact
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 or her own country and is opposed to immigrants
Know-Nothing Party a secret, anti-Catholic society formed in 1850. Formed mainly by nativist's who discriminated against immigrants
Created by: lori brown
Popular Academic Vocabulary sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards