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What is reek
smelling strongly or unpleasantley
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What is a rapid change in society
define revolution
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What is a device used to make work easier
define a machine
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What is a comparison between two things usually using; like or as
define a simile
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What is around 1911
when did the triangle shirtwaist factory fire occur
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What is shoddy
badly made or done
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What is cotton
what product did most mill girls make
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What is a screw, a lever, a wedge, a wheel and axle, a pulley, a inclined plane
name all 6 simple machines
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What is dark and gloomy
"the room was dark and gloomy" what are the visual images in this sentence
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What is 1848-1855
when did the the gold rush in California occur
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What is posthumous
occuring or awarded after death
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What is the british
who were the first people to begin the industrial revolution
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What is wavelength
the distance between the crest and the trough
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What is giving a thing or an idea human qualities
define personification
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Who is Nicholas Romanov
who was the father of the royal family during the russian revolution
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What is spoken or done without preperation
define extemporaneous
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Who is Peggy Shippen Arnold
name the female loyalist who feigned illness to trick George Washington into capture
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What is a screw
an inclined plane wrapped around a cyclinder
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What is using the same letter at the beginning of all the word in one sentence *she sells seashells by the seashore*
define alliteration and use an eaxmple
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What is a fair system where everyone gets equal shares of wealth
define communism
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What is to overwhelm someone or things to be dealt with
define inundate
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What is government non intervention in business
define laisez-faire
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What is ridgid point or support at which a lever pivots
define a fulcrum
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What is two words that are opposites or make no sense together *peaceful war*
define oxymoron and use an example
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Who is Roy Bryant and his half-brother J. W. Milam
who killed Emmett Till
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