| A | B |
| segregation | separation of people |
| discrimination | unequal treatment based on race, sex, gender, etc.. |
| racism | belief that one race is inferior to another |
| oppression | being kept down in society |
| suffrage | right to vote |
| abolitionist | want to end slavery |
| nativist | born in America |
| spirituals | religious songs sung by slaves in the fields |
| Second Great Awakening | religious movement in early 19th century |
| folktale | story with a moral lesson |
| tenements | poorly constructed and crowded apartments |
| temperance | movement to drink less alcohol |
| antebellum | period of time before the Civil War |
| overseer | watches over slaves |
| immigrant | person who moves to another country |