Episode 8 Vocabulary Practice GE

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an unfavorable or unreasonable feeling or belief about a person or group based on factors such as race, religion, gender, or ethnicity

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prejudice

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feeling of being weighed down or held back by a severe and unfair force

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oppression

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the social separation of groups of people, especially by race or gender

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segregation

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the belief that one race is superior to another

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racism

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unequal treatment based on a person's race, gender, religion, place of birth, or other characteristic

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discrimination

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Which transportation method was an artificial waterway connecting two larger bodies of water? Options: turnpike, canal

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canal

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A dramatic change in economies and cultures brought about by the use of machines to do work formerly done by hand

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Industrial Revolution

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The cotton gin

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cleaned the seeds and other unwanted material from cotton

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A large area of privately owned land where crops were grown primarily through the labor of slaves

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plantation

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Majority of white Southerners who did not own slaves but supported slavery

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Yeomen