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House Divided Vocab

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Industrial Revolution A period of rapid growth in using machines for manufacturing and production that began in the mid- 1700's
Textiles Cloth items
Artisan A person skilled in an applied art
Trade Union Groups of workers that tried to improve pay and working conditions for themselves
Strike A refusal to work until the worker's employers meet their demands
Ingenuity The quality of being cleverly iventive or resourceful
Locomotive A self- propelled, vehicular engine, powered by steam for pulling or pushing individual railroad cars
Clipper ship A fast sailing ship of the mid- 1800's
Steamboat A steam-driven vessel, especially a small one or one used on inland waters
Telegraph A device that could send information over wires across great distances
Interchangeable parts parts of a machine that are identical
Cotton gin A machine that removes seeds from short- staple cotton
Plantation A large farm on which cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, or other crop is cultivated
Planter Large-scale farmers who held more than 20 slaves
Yeoman An owner of a small farm
Discrimination Treatment or consideration or making a distinction in favor of or against a person or group
Slave Code A strict set of laws
Famine Extremem scarcity of food in a country or large geographical area
Nativist Those Americans and others who opposed immigration
Tenements Poorly designed apartment buildings that housed large numbers of people
textiles Fabric,goods, material
artisan craftsperson, master, professional
strike boycott, protest
ingenuity brilliance, creativity, intelligence
plantation estate, homestead, ranch
discrimination bias, hatred, injustice
famine hunger, poverty, starvation
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