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20 Cards in this Set
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CLIPPER
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A fast pace sailing ship like the Rainbow or Sea Witch.
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TELEGRAPH
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A device used to send messages across a wire.
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SEAMSTRESS
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Women who sewed for a living.
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PATENT
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The exclusive right to use, make or sell an invention.
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ROYALTY
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A payment for every time something is built, sold, used, viewed, sung, etc after the original time. (A royalty is paid if a song is used in a commercial, for instance.)
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CYRUS McCORMICK
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Demonstrated a smart curious machine known as the REAPER.
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JOHN DEERE
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A Vermont blacksmith who made a LIGHT WEIGHT PLOW from polished steel.
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SAMUEL F.B. MORSE
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Inventor of the Morse Code, a system to send messages over wire using long and short dashes.
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LABOR UNIONS
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Organizations that worked to improve working conditions and wages for their members.
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STRIKE
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When workers refuse to do their jobs until their employers meet their demands.
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IMMIGRANT
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A person who comes to a country with the intention of living there permanently.
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ASSIMILATE
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To adopt the manners and language of the new country.
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NATIVIST
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Americans who mistrusted the immigrants and wanted to discourage immigrants from coming to the country.
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YEOMANRY
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White families on small Southern farms.
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DISCRIMINATION
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When certain groups of people are not treated well based on what others see in them as being different.
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OVERSEER
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The person who supervised the slaves at work.
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SLAVE CODES
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Laws passed to control the slaves. The codes denied the slaves their basic human rights (freedom, not owning property).
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EXTENDED FAMILY
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A family of not only the mother, father and children, but grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who stuck together.
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NAT TURNER
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An African American who led a revolt (a battle against what was being done)in Virginia.
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DENMARK VESEY
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An enslave African American who won money in a street lottery and bought his freedom.
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