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Chapter 14

North and South- Vocab

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1. clipper ship ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that shortened (“clipped”) time from long journey noun
2. telegraph a device that used electric signals to send messages noun
3. Morse code a system for sending messages that uses a series of dots and dashes to represent letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation noun
4. innovation a new development or invention noun
5. transform to change significantly verb
6. trade union group of workers with the same skill or trade) noun
7. strike a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer noun
8. prejudice an unfair opinion not based on facts noun
discrimination unfair treatment based on prejudice toward a certain race, ethnic group, religion, age group, or gender noun
famine an extreme shortage of food noun
nativist belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners noun
community group of people who live in the same area noun
license to give official authority to do something verb
productivity 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 noun
process to prepare verb
16. domestic slave trade the trade of enslaved people within the United States noun
consequence effect or result of noun
yeoman farmer who owns a small farm noun
overseer a plantation manager noun
spiritual an African American religious folk song noun
21. slave codes rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people noun
22. Underground Railroad a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped noun
literacy the ability to read and write noun
legal permitted by law adjective
brief short (adjective)
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