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 |