Chapter 14 Vocabulary

Question 1

Clipper ship

Answer 1

A fast sailing ship

Question 2

Telegraph

Answer 2

a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire

Question 3

Morse Code

Answer 3

A telegraph code formerly used internationally for transmitting messages.

Question 4

Mechanical Reaper

Answer 4

A farm tool that cuts grain

Question 5

Trade Unions

Answer 5

an association of workers in a trade formed to protect their rights and interests

Question 6

Strike

Answer 6

To refuse to work in order to put pressure on employers

Question 7

Prejudice

Answer 7

An unfair opinion on a group

Question 8

Famine

Answer 8

An extreme shortage of food

Question 9

Nativists

Answer 9

People who began to resist immigration

Question 10

Productivity

Answer 10

The amount a worker can produce in a given time

Question 11

Domestic Slave Trade

Answer 11

The selling of enslaved people

Question 12

Yeoman

Answer 12

A farmer who generally owns a small farm of 50 - 200 acres

Question 13

Overseer

Answer 13

A plantation manager who supervises others, especially workers

Question 14

Spiritual

Answer 14

A religious song of a kind associated with black Christians

Question 15

Slave Codes

Answer 15

A law in the southern states that controlled enslaved people

Question 16

Underground Railroad

Answer 16

A network of safe-houses owned by people opposed to slavery

Question 17

Harriet Tubman

Answer 17

A former slave turned abolitionist and Union spy

Question 18

literacy

Answer 18

The ability to read or write