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Chapter 13 & 14
People and Reform
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History
9th Grade
03/27/2012

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Term
Facts about women who work in factories
Definition

paid less than men

not allowed in unions

Term
Slave's worst fear
Definition
separated from family
Term
2 cash crops they grow in the South
Definition
cotton & tobacco
Term
2 reasons a slave would want to escape
Definition

afraid to be whipped

go find his family

Term

ACT

when you treat someone differently

because of the color of their skin

Definition
discriminate
Term

THOUGHT

when you think differently about someone

(judge them)

because of the color of their skin

Definition
prejudice
Term

a network of houses

that were safe places to hide

to try to escape slavery

Definition
Underground Railroad
Term

famous slave

who led other slaves to freedom

using the Underground Railroad

Definition
Harriet Tubman
Term

famous author

wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

Definition
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Term

Reform Movement

to end alcohol use

Definition
temperance
Term

Reform Movement

to end slavery

Definition
abolition
Term

machine that removed seeds

from the cotton fibers

Definition
cotton gin
Term
the right to vote
Definition
suffrage
Term

Reform Movement

2 things the Women's Movement

fought for

Definition

same pay as men

right to divorce

 

Term

a person who wants

men and women to be equal

Definition
feminist
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