| A | B |
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| abolitionist. | A person who works to end slavery. |
| Fugitive Slave Law | A law that made it illegal to help enslaved people escape |
| Underground Railroad. | The system of secret routes used by people escaping slavery and by the free people helping them escape. |
| secede. | To withdraw from or formally leave an organization such as a government. |
| Union. | The states that made up the United States.This term was used during the Civil War to refer to the government of the Northern states. |
| Civil War. | A war among people who live in the same country. |
| technology. | The use of skills.ideas,and tools to meet people's needs. |
| Emancipation. | Annoucement by President Lincoln in 1863 that all enslaved people living in Confederate states were free. |
| Proclamation. | An official public announcement. |
| amendment. | A change or addition to a constitution. |
| citizen. | A person who is born in a country or who has earned the right to become a member of that country by law. |
| suffrage. | The right to vote. |
| natural gas. | A fuel underground that can be burn to makr light and heat. |
| big business. | Term for large companies with many factories that do business throughout the United States. |
| inventor. | A person who comes up with new ideas for products and new ways of doing things |
| crude oil. | Oil,or petroleum,that still in the ground and has not been changed by people. |
| refinery. | A place where a raw substance such as crude oil is separeted into parts that are used to make different products. |
| kerosene. | A fuel from oil used for lighting,for cooking,and jet engines. |
| ethnic group. | A group of people who share the same language,customs,or history. |
| tenement | A crowded,poorly kept apartment building. |
| settlement house. | A place that offered education,hot meals,and other types of services to immigrants. |
| reform. | To change to make things better. |
| sweatshop. | A factory where workers are paid low wages and work in unhealthy conditions. |
| labor union. | A group of workers that organizes to make agreements with its employers. |
| strike. | A refusal of a group of workers in a business to work until the owners meets its demands. |
| Allied Powers. | The forces led by Great Britain,France,and Rusia during World War I.The United States joined the Allied Forces in 1917. |
| Central Powers | Forces led by Germany.Austria-Hungary,Bulgaria,and Turkey in World War I. |
| Great Migration. | The movement of many African Americans in the early and middle 1900s from rural areas of the Southeast to urban areas of the Northeast and Midwest. |
| suburbs. | A smaller community near a large city. |
| stock. | A share of ownership in a company. |
| Great Depression. | The period of widespread economic hardship in the 1930s. |
| New Deal. | Government programs introduced to help people recover from the Great Depression and which provided soceial services. |
| Communim. | A system in which the government owns most business and makes many economic decisions for its citizens. |
| civil rights. | A war among people who live in the same country |
| migrant worker. | A person who moves from place to place to find work. |
| protest | A march,strike,or other action people hold to show they do not agree with something |
| terrorism. | Using violence or threats to achive political goal |
| volunteer. | Someone who offers to help without pay. |
