| A | B |
|---|
| Abolitionist | A person who fought to end slavery |
| Amendment | An addition or change, especially to a law or legal document, such as the Constitution |
| Apprentice | A young person who works for a period of years to learn a skill or trade from a craftsperson |
| Colony | A settlement with close political ties to its parent country; colonists live in these settlements |
| Communism | A system of government with a single party and state ownership of alomst all property |
| Democracy | A system of governemnet in which people have many political and economic choices |
| Immigrant | A person who leaves his or her homeland for a new life in another country |
| Indentured | Legally bound to work for someone for a certain number of years, generally in exchange for passage to a new homeland |
| Industrialize | To replace human labor with machines |
| Labor union | An organization of workers who try to get better wages, benifits, and working conditions |
| Manifest destiny | The belief that it is the nation's future to stretch from ocean to ocean |
| Manufacture | To make or produce goods |
| Progressives | People who worked for the improvement of worker's lives and other reforms |
| Secede | To break away from a nation and form a separate nation |
| Segregation | The seperation of groups of people usually by race |
| Self-sufficient | Dependent only on oneself for life's necessities |
