| A | B |
|---|
| telegraph | use of electrical signals sent through wires used to communicate |
| locomotive | steam powered train |
| clipper ship | fast sailing vessel used for shipping |
| artisan | skilled worker who has learned a trade; ex. - seamstress or carpenter |
| trade union | organization to improve pay & working conditions in the trades |
| strike | organized refusal of workers to work |
| immigrant | one who permanently moves to another country to live |
| discrimination | an attitude or policy that denies equal rights to a particular group of people |
| Know-Nothing Party | political party of nativists who blamed immigrants for the country's problems |
| cotton gin | Eli Whitney's invention that improved the cleaning of cotton |
| cottonocracy | families who made money from the cotton industry |
| slave codes | laws meant to keep slaves from runing away / rebelling |
| extended families | families where several generations live together |
