Ch.3 and Ch.8 Vocabulary Flashcards
Slaves
People brought from Africa to work in plantations in the American South.
Slave Catcher
Someone who chased after runaway slaves.
Someone who chased after runaway slaves.
Slave Catcher
Overseer
Someone who supervised slaves.
Underground Railroad
Name give to the system of escape routes for slaves.
Conductor
Someone who helped guide escaping slaves to freedom.
Someone who helped guide escaping slaves to freedom.
Conductor
Harriet Tubman
Called ‘Moses’ by many.
Nat Turner
Led a bloody slave rebellion.
Led a bloody slave rebellion.
Nat Turner
Drinking Gourd
Coded term for the Big Dipper.
Stationmaster
Someone who owned a safe house for escaping slaves.
Someone who owned a safe house for escaping slaves.
Stationmaster
Middle Passage
Term for the journey from Africa to America.
Head Tax
A fee charged to Chinese Immigrants.
A fee charged to Chinese Immigrants.
Head Tax
Immigration
Coming into a country.
Emigration
Exiting a country.
Prejudice
Forming a fixed opinion about people without really getting to know them.
Homestead
A piece of land claimed by immigrant settlers for farming.
A piece of land claimed by immigrant settlers for farming.
Homestead
American Revolution
A war between Great Britain and the American Colonies.
American Civil War
‘Confederate’ states in the south battled Northern states in the United States.
Hutterites
Agrarian religious group who came to Canada to flee religious persecution.
Agrarian religious group who came to Canada to flee religious persecution.
Hutterites
A war between Great Britain and the American Colonies.
American Revolution
‘Confederate’ states in the south battled Northern states in the United States.
American Civil War
Pacifists
People who do not believe in war and refuse to take part.
‘Push” factors
Reasons that lead people to make the decision to leave their birth country.
‘Pull’ factors
Reasons that lead people to choose a particular country to which to move to.
Transportation
Moving people and goods.
Communication
Moving ideas and information.
Media
Plural of the Latin word ‘medium’, a way in which something is communicated (books, radio, TV, etc…)
Biased
Some of the things we read and see may be expressing an unfair opinion based on very little information, or information just on one side of an issue or topic.
