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