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Chapter 13 Vocabulary
Rodriquez - 8th - Social Sudies
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Social Studies
8th Grade
02/10/2015

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Capital
Definition
Money for investment.
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Clipper Ship
Definition
Fast sailing ship that could sail 300 miles per day and "clipped" time from long journeys.
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Cotton Gin
Definition
Machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber.
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Credit
Definition
Form of a loan; Ability to buy goods based on future payment.
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Discriminiation
Definition
Unfair treatment of a group because of race, religion, ethnicity, or place of birth.
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Famine
Definition
Extreme shortage of food.
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Fixed cost
Definition
Regular expenses that remain the same all year.
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Morse Code
Definition
System for transmitting messages using a series of dots and dashes to represent letters and numbers.
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Nativist
Definition
Person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants.
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Overseer
Definition
Person who supervises a large operation or its workers.
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Prejudice
Definition
Unfair opinion not based on facts.
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Slave Code
Definition
Laws passed in the South that controlled and restricted enslaved people.
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Spiritual
Definition
African American religious folk song.
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Strike
Definition
Stopping of work by workers to force employer to meet demands.
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Telegraph
Definition
Device or system that uses electric signals to transmit messages by code through wires.
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Tenant Farmer
Definition
Farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent in cash and other crops.
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Trade Union
Definition
Organization of workers with the same trade or skill.
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Yeoman
Definition
Southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people.
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