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Social Studies 14/15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trade Unions | groups of workers with the same trade, or skill |
| Prejudice | an unfair opinion of group |
| Discrimination | unfair treatment of a group |
| Yeomen | a farmer who owns a small farm mostly in the Upper South and the hilly areas of the Deep South. These farmers were the largest group of white people in the South. |
| Overseer | plantation manager |
| Spirituals | an African American religious folk song |
| Slave Codes | laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people |
| Underground Railroad | a network of “safe houses” owned by people opposed to slavery |
| Telegraph | a device that used electric signals to send messages. Helped to fill the need for communication that kept up with industrialization and fast-paced travel |
| Famine | a severe shortage of food |