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Unit 10 Vocabulary

Unit 10 Vocabulary. 8 th Grade US History SBMS. abolition. the legal prohibition and ending of slavery. American System.

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Unit 10 Vocabulary

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  1. Unit 10 Vocabulary 8th Grade US History SBMS

  2. abolition • the legal prohibition and ending of slavery

  3. American System • the policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government (as advocated by Henry Clay from 1816 to 1828)

  4. Census • a count of the population

  5. cotton gin a machine for separating the fibers of cotton from the seeds.

  6. emigrant • departing or having departed from a country to settle elsewhere

  7. factory system • the system of manufacturing that began in the 18th century with the development of the power loom and the steam engine and is based on concentration of industry into large establishments

  8. Industrial revolution • The change from a agrarian society to one based on industry which began in Great Britain and spread to the US around the 1800’s.

  9. Industrial Revolution

  10. interchangeable part • Uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces

  11. Manifest Destiny • The idea popular in the US during the 1800’s that the country must expand its boundaries to the Pacific.

  12. Mountain Men • A frontiersman living in the wilderness, as in the Rocky Mountains

  13. reform • to put or change into an improved form or condition

  14. suffrage • The right to vote

  15. technology • The application of scientific discoveries to practical use

  16. temperance • The use of little or no alcoholic drink

  17. transcendentalist • Any of a group of New England writers who stressed the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience.

  18. turnpikes • A road that one must pay to use; the money is used to pay for the road

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