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10 Cards in this Set
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cotton belt
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a region of the US south where cotton is the historic main crop, especially in georgia, alabama, and mississippi.
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slave codes |
laws that were established in each state to define the status of slaves and the rights of their owners. |
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putting out system |
merchant employers "put out" materials to rural producers who usually worked in their homes but sometimes labored in workshops or in turn "put out" work to others |
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interchangeable parts |
identical, made to specifications that ensure they are so identical that they will not fit into any assembly of the same type. |
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great basin |
a large self-contained drainage basin of the western USA. |
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oregon country |
region west north america between the pacific coast and the rockies. |
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oregon trail |
the route over which settlers traveled to oergon; the trails branched off towards utah and california. |
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preemption bill |
passed in response to the demands of the western states that squatters are allowed to preempt lands. pioneers often settled on public lands before they could be surveyed and auctioned by the US government.
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juniper serva |
a roman catholic spanish priest and friar to the francisco order who founded a mission in baja california. |
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baltimore and ohio railroad |
the first US public railroad, charted by a group of baltimore business men to regain trans-allegheny traffic lost to the newly opened erie canal. |
