colum 1
innovation
a new development or invention
nativist
a person oppose to immigration
literacy
the ability to read and write
suffrage
the right to vote
clipper ships
a ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped"time from long journeys
discrimination
unfair treatment
strike
work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer to improve pay or working conditions
Telegraph
a device that used electric signals to send messages
famine
extrem shortage of food
productivity
messure of how a person can produce with a given amount of time and effort
morse code
a system that uses arrangements of dots and dashes to represent the alphabet
slave codes
laws in the soutern state that controlled enslaved people
temperance
drinking little or no alcohol
trade union
a group of workers in the same trade
prejudice
unfair opinion based on facts
normal school
state-supported school for training high school graduates to become teachers