AH Flashcards

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Clipper Ship

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a ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that “clipped” time from long journeys

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Telegraph

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a device that used electric signals to send messages

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Morse Code

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a system that uses arrangements of dots and dashes to represent the alphabet

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4
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Strike

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a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer to improve pay or working conditions

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Trade Union

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group of workers with the same trade

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5
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Prejudice

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an unfair opinion not based on facts

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Discrimination

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unfair treatment

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Nativists

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a person opposed to immigration

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Domestic Slave Trade

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the trade of enslaved people among states of the United States

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Yeoman

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farmer who owns a small farm

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Overseer

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a plantation manager

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11
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Spiritual

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an African American religious folk song

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11
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Slave Codes

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laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people

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Underground Railroad

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term code-Underground_Railroad-662-662

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13
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Utopia

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a community based on a vision of the perfect society

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Revival

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a religious meeting

15
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Temperance

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drinking little or no alcohol

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Normal School

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a state-supported school for training high school graduates to become teachers

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Suffrage

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the right to vote

18
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Coeducation

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the teaching of males and females together