Chapter 14 Vocab
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| innovation | a new development or invention
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| clipper ship | ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journey
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| transform | to change significantly
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| telegraph | a device that used electric signals to send messages
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| morse code | a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
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| trade union | group of workers with the same trade, or skill
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| strike | a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer
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| prejudice | an unfair opinion not based on facts
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| discrimination | unfair treatment
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| community | group of people who live in the same area
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| license | an official authority to do something
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| famine | an extreme shortage of food
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| nativist | person opposed to immigration
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| productivity | a measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time and effort
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| process | to prepare
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| consequence | result
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| domestic slave trade | the trade of enslaved people among states of the United States
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| yeoman | farmer who owns a small farm
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| overseer | plantation manager
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| legal | permitted by law
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| spiritual | an African American religious folk song
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| slave code | law in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
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| brief | short
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| Underground Railroad | a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
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| literacy | the ability to read and write
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