1. tariff-
|
A high tax
on imports |
2. abolitionists-
|
A person
who wanted to end slavery |
3. aviation-
|
Air travel |
4. annex-
|
something added to a
document |
5. boycott-
|
to abstain
from buying or using |
6. bias-
|
prejudice |
| 7. border
states- |
A state located between
the North and the South that permitted slavery
but had not seceded |
| 8. boundary- |
something that
indicates bounds or limits |
| 9. civil war- |
A war between people
who live in the same country |
| 10. civil
rights- |
The rights guaranteed
to all citizens by the Constitution |
| 11.
Confederate States of America - |
Also known as the
Confederacy; southern states that formed their
own national government during the Civil War
period |
| 12. debt- |
something that is owed
or that one is bound to pay to or perform for
another |
| 13. credit- |
Paying for purchases by
making small payments over time |
| 14. federal- |
A system of government
in which national and state authorities share the
responsibility of governing |
| 15. Great
Depression- |
The economic crisis and
period of low business activity in the U.S. and
other countries, roughly beginning with the
stock-market crash in October, 1929, and
continuing through most of the 1930s |
| 16. historian- |
An expert in history |
| 17. human
rights- |
The basic
freedoms that belong to all people |
| 18.
integration- |
The bringing together
of people of all different races |
| 19. immigrant- |
A person who comes into
a country to make a new life |
| 20.
industrialization- |
to introduce industry
into (an area) on a large scale |
| 21. labor
union- |
A group of workers who
join together to improve their working conditions |
| 22. migration- |
the process or act of
migrating |
| 23. oral
history- |
Historical information,
usually tape-recorded or videotaped, obtained in
interviews with persons having firsthand
knowledge |
| 24. region- |
An area in which many
features are similar (U.S. Regions- Southeast,
Southwest, Northeast, Midwest, West) |
| 25. settlement
house- |
A community center that
provides food, health care, and classes where
people can learn new skills |
| 26. secondary
source- |
A record of an even
made by someone who was not there a the time |
| 27. Union- |
a group of states or
nations united into one political body, as that
of the American colonies at the time of the
Revolution, that of England and Scotland in 1707,
or that of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801 or
a number of persons,
states, etc., joined or associated together for
some common purpose
|
| 28.
urbanization- |
The movment of people
to cities |
| 29.
sectionalism- |
regional loyalty |
| 30.
Reconstruction- |
A period of rebuilding
the nation after the United States Civil War |
| 31. suffrage- |
The right to vote |
| 32.
segregation- |
The practice of keeping
peole in separate groups based on their race or
culture |
