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| plantation | a large area of privately owned land where crops were grown through the labor of workers, usually slaves, who lived on the land |
| cotton gin | a hand-operated machine that cleans seeds and other unwanted material from this crop |
| Industrial Revolution | The dramatic change in economies brought about by the use of machines to do work formerly done by hand. |
| immigrant | A person who moves from one country to another. |
| reformers | people who work to correct failings or injustices |
| Second Great Awakening | A revival of religious feeling and belief in the 1820s and 1830s. |
| public schools | schools that are paid for by taxes and managed by local government for the benefit of the general public |
| abolitionists | people who favored the ending of slavery |
| Declaration of Sentiments | A formal statement of injustices suffered by women, written by the organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention. |
| racism | prejudice based on race |
| discrimination | unequal treatment based on a person’s race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other arbitrary characteristic |
| segregation | the social separation of groups of people, especially by race |
| oppression | the feeling of being weighed down or held back by severe and unfair force |
| the Union | The United States as one country, united under a single government. |
| secession | the act of withdrawing from an organization or alliance, such as the withdrawal of the southern states from the Union. |
| fugitive | a person who flees or tries to escape (for example, from slavery) |
