| A | B |
|---|
| trade unions | organiztaion of workers with the same trade or skill |
| strike | a stopping of work by workers to force an employer to meet demands |
| prejudice | an unfair opinion not based on facts |
| discrimination | unfair treatment of a group becuase of race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth |
| famine | an extreme shortage of food |
| nativist | a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants |
| Robert Fulton | successful inventor of the steam boat |
| Tom Thumb | train that raced a horse and railcar |
| Eli Whitney | "inventor" of the cotton gin |
| Francis Cabot Lowell | created textile factories in America that employed young women |
| canal | big ditch, filled with water to move people and goods |
| James Monroe | President who thought that the National Road was unconstitutional |
| Macadam Road | roads made of crushed stones with tar on top |
| Corduroy Roads | roads made of logs |
| Horace Mann | education reformer |
| Henry Clay | along with John Q. Adams responsible for the "corrupt bargain" |
| Know-Nothing Party | wanted stronger immigration laws |
| Susan B. Anthony | women's rights activist |
| Elizabeth Blackwell | first woman doctor in the U.S. |
