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25 Cards in this Set
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emigrant (exit) |
A person who leaves the country |
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Immigrant (in) |
A person who settles in a new country |
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push factor |
A force that pushes people out of their native lands |
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pull factor |
A force that pulls people to a new place |
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famine |
A severe food shortage |
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prejudice |
A negative opinion that is not based on facts |
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revival |
A meeting to reawaken religious faith |
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2nd Great Awakening |
A renewal of religious faith in the 1790's and early 1800's |
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Temperance Movement |
A campaign to stop the drinking of alcohol |
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labor union |
A group of workers that band together to seek better working |
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strike |
A stopping of work to demand better conditions |
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abolitionist |
someone working to end slavery |
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Frederick Douglass |
An escaped slave who became a noted abolitionist leader |
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Harriet Tubman |
The most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad |
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suffrage |
The right to vote |
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Seneca Falls Convention |
Convention held in 1848 to argue for women's rights |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
Published a newspaper called the Liberator which called for an end to slavery |
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Elizabeth Cody Stanton |
Leader in the abolitionist and women's rights movement |
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Quakers |
A group who believed all people should live in peace and harmony; accepted different religions and ethnic groups |
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culture |
A people's customs, beliefs, laws, and ways of living |
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slave codes |
Laws designed to control slaves and keep them in bondage |
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underground railroad |
An above-the-ground series of escape routes for runaway slaves from the South to the North |
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contribution |
To give something of value to something or someone |
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nullification |
States canceling a law they consider unconstitutional |
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civil disobedience |
To peacefully protest an unjust law |
