Topic 7 Vocabulary

1. Limited supply.
4. A person who invests in a business to make a profit.
8. Prepare for planting.
9. Severe food shortage.
10. Peacefully breaking the law.
11. An organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in society.
13. Americans who wanted to preserve the country for native-born, white citizens.
14. Amount of goods available to sell.
15. Skilled workers.

2. A campaign against alcohol abuse.
3. Laws that were passed by Southern states to keep African Americans from fleeing or rebelling.
4. Wealthy families were called this because they made huge amounts of money from cotton.
5. When workers refuse to do their job until their concerns are addressed.
6. Reformers that wanted to end slavery.
7. The movement of people from rural areas to cities.
12. Invested money.