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Topic 7 vocabulary

TermDefinition
abolitionist a person who wants to end slavery
capital money invested in a business venture
civil disobedience the refusal to obey unjust laws using nonviolent means
credit an agreement in which a borrower receives money or goods now, with an agreement to repay a greater amount later
cultivate to prepare and work soil for planting and growing crops
demand the desire or readiness and ability of people to purchase goods or services at a specific price
factory system the method of producing goods that brought workers and machinery together in one place
industrial revolution the change from manual production to machine-power factory production
interchangeable parts Eli Whitney's development of identical, machine-made parts for a tool or an instrument
Know-Nothing Party an anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant political party started in the 1850s
Lowell girls young girls who worked in the Lowell Mills during the Industrial Revolution
scarcity a shortage of supply
Second Great Awakening a widespread religious movement in the United States in the early 1800s
Seneca Falls Convention an 1848 meeting that called for equal rights for women
slave codes laws that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans
strike the refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands were met
supply the amount of goods or resources in stock or on hand or available in the market to sell
temperance movement the campaign against alcohol consumption
trade union an association made of workers formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions
underground railroad a network of abolitionists who secretly helped African Americans to escape to freedom
urbanization the movement of population from farms to cities
women's rights movement an organized campaign to win legal, educational, employment, and other rights for women
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