| A | B |
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| mass production | the rapid manufacture of large numbers of identical objects |
| factory system | brings workers and machinery together in one place |
| interchangeable parts | identical pieces that can be assembled quickly by unskilled workers |
| nativist | someone who wanted to preserve the country for white, American-born Protestants |
| "Know Nothings" | nativist group that became a political party, replied "I know nothing" when asked about their group |
| discrimination | the denial of equal rights or equal treatment to certain groups of people |
| turnpike | another name for a toll road |
| slave codes | laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans |
| urbanization | the movement of people from rural areas to cities |
| spiritual | African American-composed religious folk songs blending Biblical themes with realities of slavery |
| Erie Canal | channel dug across land from Lake Erie (Buffalo, NY) to the Hudson River (Albany, NY), which led to New York City |
| corduroy roads | to cross marshy areas, toads built of sawed-off logs laid side by side |
| National Road | the first road funded by the federal government |
