| Term | Definition |
|---|
| State's Right | idea that states have right to limit power of federal government |
| Secede | To withdraw from membership in a group |
| Protective Tariff | Tax on imported goods to protect a country's industry from foreign competition |
| Tariff of Abominations | name Southerners gave to tariff in 1828 |
| Telegraph | communication device that sends electrical signals by a wire |
| Locomotive | engine that uses steam or another power source to pull a railroad train |
| clipper ship | fast sailing ship of mid 1800's |
| artisan | worker skilled in a specific trade |
| trade union | association of trade workers formed to gain higher wages and better workng conditions |
| strike | refusal by workers to do their jobs until their demands are met |
| famine | severe food shortage and starvation |
| nativist | person who wanted to limit immigration and preserve american land for native born white protestants |
| discrimination | policy or attitude that denies basic rights to certain groups of people |
| cottonocracy | name for wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid 1800s |
| slave code | laws that controlled lives of african americans |
| extended family | close-knit family that includes parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, children, cousins, etc. |
| planter | person who owned at least 20 slaves |
| overseer | person who looked after slaves and made sure they were doing what they were supposed to be doing |
| plain folk | small farmers, people who owned the land they farmed |
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