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Vocab, Missouri GED On-Line, Social Studies: U.S. History

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abolitionist   a person who fought to end slavery  
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amendment   an addition or change, especially to a law or legal document, such as the Constitution  
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apprentice   a young person who works for a period of years to learn a skill or trade from a craftsperson  
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colony   a settlement with close political ties to its parent country; colonists live in these settlements  
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communism   a system of government with a single party and state ownership of almost all property  
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democracy   a form of government in which the people rule  
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immigrant   a person who leaves his or her homeland for a new life in another country  
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indentured   legally bound to work for someone for a certain number of years, generally in exchange for passage to a new homeland  
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industrialize   to replace human labor with machines  
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labor union   an organization of workers who try to get better wages, benefits, and working conditions  
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manifest destiny   the belief that it is the nation's future to strech from ocean to ocean  
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manufacture   to make or produce goods  
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progressives   people who worked for the improvement of workers' lives and other reforms  
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secede   to break away from a nation and form a separate nation  
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segregation   the seperation of groups of people, usually by race  
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self-sufficient   dependent only on oneself for life's necessities  
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