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11.1 terms and peeps
American History; Industrial Revolution
| Person or Term | Explanation |
|---|---|
| urbanization | the growth of cities due to movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| telegraph | a device that used electrical signals to send messages |
| Samuel F. B. Morse | inventor of the telegraph and Morse code |
| famine | widespread starvation |
| nativists | people who wanted to preserve the country for white, American-born Protestants |
| discrimination | the denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people |