Key Terms Social Studies

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industrilazation

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s the process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services.

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tom thumb

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sized hero of children's stories from the sixteenth century on.

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telegraph

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a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection.

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steel tipped plow

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of 1837, developed by John Deere, was an invention that contributed greatly to the agricultural world.

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trade unions

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another term for labor union.

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prejudice

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preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

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discrimiation

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the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

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immagration

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policy of a country.

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nativists

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the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

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tenant farmer

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s an agricultural production system in which landowners contribute their land and often a measure of operating capital and management;

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yeomen

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a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder.2.

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overseer

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a person who supervises others, especially workers.

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spirtual

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of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

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slave codes

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were sets of laws during the colonial period and/or in individual states after the American Revolution, which defined the status