Vocab 1
a new development or invention
innovation
a group of workers in the same trade
trade union
an extreme shortage of food
famine
the ability to read and write
literacy
a ship with tall sails
clipper ships
a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer to improve pay or work condition
strike
a person opposed to immagration
nativist
drinking little or no alcohol
temparance
u device used to communicate
telegraph
an unfair opinion based facts
prejudice
a measure of how much you can produce in a amount of time
productivity
state supported school for traing high school graduates to become teachers
normal school
a system used by arranged dots and dashes to make a alphabet
morse code
unfair treatment
discrimination
repressive rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaves africans
slave codes
the right to vote
suffrage