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12 Cards in this Set
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Telegraph
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communication device that sends electrical signals along a wire
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Locomotive
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engine that pulls a railroad train
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Clipper Ship
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fast-sailing ship of the mid-1800s
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Artisan
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skilled worker
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Trade Union
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association of trade workers formed to gain higher wages and better working conditions
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Strike
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the refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands are met
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Famine
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severe food shortage
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Nativist
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a person who wanted to limit immigration and preserve the United States for native-born, white citizens
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Know-Nothing Party
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political party of the 1850s that was anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant
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Cottonocracy
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name for the wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid-1800s
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Slave Code
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laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African-Americans and denied them basic rights
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Extended Family
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family group that includes grandparents, parents, children, aunts, uncles, and cousins
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