Chapter 14 US History
Across
- 2. to prepare
- 6. a new development or invention
- 7. unfair treatment
- 9. a system of dots and dashes that represent the alphabet
- 10. to give an official authority to do something
- 11. laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people
- 13. an unfair opinion not based on facts
- 15. the ability to read and write
- 17. an extreme shortage of food
- 19. a measure of how much a worker can produce with a given amount of time and effort
- 20. farmer who owns a small farm
- 22. person opposed to immigration
- 23. ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journeys
- 24. a device that used electric signals to send messages
Down
- 1. to change significantly
- 3. short
- 4. a work shortage by employees as a protest against an employer
- 5. the trade of enslaved people among states of the United States
- 8. result
- 12. group of workers with the same trade or skill
- 14. a system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
- 16. group of people who live in the same area
- 18. plantation manager
- 21. an African-American religious folk song
- 25. permitted by law