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SS North and South

TermDefinition
Clipper ship (noun) A ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journeys.
Telegraph (noun) A device that used electric signals to send messages.
Morse Code (noun) A system for sending messages using dots and dashes representing letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation.
Innovation (noun) A new development or innvention.
Transform (verb) To change significantly.
Trade Union (noun) Group of workers with the same skill or trade.
Strike (noun) A work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer.
Famine (noun) An extreme shortage of food.
Nativist (noun) Belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners.
Community (noun) Group of people who live in the same area.
License (verb) To give official authority to do something.
Productivity (noun) A measure of how much a worker can produce within a given amount of time and effort; the degree to which resources are being used efficiently to produce goods and services.
Process (verb) To prepare.
Domestic Slave Trade (noun) The trade of enslaved people within the United States.
Consequence (noun) Effect or result of.
Yeoman (noun) Farmer who owns a small farm.
Overseer (noun) A plantation manager.
Spiritual (noun) An African American religious folk song.
Slave Codes (noun) Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people.
Underground Railroad (noun) A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped.
Literacy (noun) The ability to read and write.
Legal (adjective) Permitted by law.
Brief (adjective) Short.
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