American Journey ch 13 vocabulary

Question 1

regular expenses; ex. housing or maintaining equipment; costs remain about the same each year

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fixed costs

Question 2

money for investment

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capital

Question 3

laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted slaves

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slave codes

Question 4

an African American religious folk song

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spiritual

Question 5

unfair or unequal treatment; due to a person's race, religion, ethic background or birth place

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discrimination

Question 6

machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber

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cotton gin

Question 7

a form of loan, ability to buy goods based on future payment

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credit

Question 8

an extreme shortage of food

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famine

Question 9

a stopping of work by workers to force an employer to meet demands

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strike

Question 10

fast sailing ship with slender lines, tall masts, & large square sails

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clipper ship

Question 11

a person who favors those born in his country & is opposed to immigrants

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nativist

Question 12

machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber

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cotton gin

Question 13

an unfair opinion not based on facts

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prejudice

Question 14

device or system that uses electric signals to transmit messages by a code over wires

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telegraph

Question 15

person who supervises a large operation or its workers

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overseer

Question 16

farmer who works land owned by another & pays rent either in cash or crops

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tenant farmer

Question 17

organization of workers with the same trade or skill

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trade union

Question 18

system for transmitting messages - dots & dashes represent letters, numbers & punctuation

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Morse code

Questions 18