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skilled workers

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highly educated or trained segments of the workforce

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unskilled workers

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segments of the workforce who have little to no training or experience

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trade union

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group of workers with the same trade/skill

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strike

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a refusal to do work in order to force an employer to makes changes

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prejudice

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an unfair opinion not based on facts

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discrimination

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unfair treatment

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immigrant

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person who moves to a new place

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famine

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an extreme shortage of food

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nativist

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person opposed to immigration

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domestic slave trade

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the trade of enslaved people within the US

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yeoman

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farmers who owned small farms

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overseer

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plantation manager

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spiritual

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an african american religious song

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fugitive

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a person who has run away or is in hiding

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clipped ship

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a ship that has “clipped” time from long journeys

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the development of railroads

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first steam-powered railroad engine ran in britain in the year 1829, first american steam-powered railroad engine was built by peter cooper in the year 1830, railroads connected the midwest to the east

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samuel morse and the telegraph

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inventor of the telegraph, uses electric signals to send messages (1844)

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improvements in agriculture

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new machinery such as the steel-tipped plow, the reaper, and the thresher made collecting wheat easier and faster (caused people to move to the midwest)

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prejudice and discrimination in the north

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immigrants from germany and ireland were discriminated

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push factors

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things that “push” someone out of a place/country (ex. poor living conditions, oppression)

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pull factors

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things that “pull” someone into a place/country (ex. freedom, opportunities)

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irish immigration

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push factors: potato famine (killed one million people), british rule

pull factors: political and religious freedom

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german immigration

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push factors: natural disasters (which caused food shortages), rule of the austro-hungarian empire

pull factors: work, opportunities, political freedom

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the know nothing party (also known as the american party)

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a political party formed by nativists whose purpose was to make it harder to become a citizen for immigrants

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plantation based agriculture

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many cash crops were grown on plantations, the work was done by enslaved people (in the south)

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the cotton kingdom

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after the american revolution, there was a great demand for cotton. cotton took a long time to collect so to solve the problem, eli whitney invented a machine called the cotton gin. this also lead to a greater demand for enslaved workers so that more cotton could be collected in a certain amount of time.

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cash crops

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crops that were planted for the purpose of selling (ex. tobacco, rice, cotton, sugarcane, wheat)

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the triangular trade system

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a system of exchange between the US, africa, and europe

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the middle passage

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transatlantic shipment of slaves from africa to the western hemisphere

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life on the plantation

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enslaved people worked hard, earned little to no money, had little hope of being set free, and feared for being separated from their families

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slave codes

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laws in southern states meant to control enslaved people

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slave resistence

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a way for slaves to resist slavery and their owners (ex. running away, breaking tools, working slowly, destroying crops/livestock)

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nat turner

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popular religious leader among enslaved people who led a violent rebellion

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the underground railroad

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a group of people who were against slavery and a set of locations that helped enslaved people escape slavery

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harriet tubman

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african american leader who helped enslaved people escape slavery by being apart of the underground railroad

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the fugitive slave act

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a law that required that slaves be returned to their owner even if found in a free state

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chattel

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a piece of property that can be bought or sold (enslaved people were considered to be chattel)

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