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SS 4 Vocabulary
Social Studies Chapter 4 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | the time during which the South was rebuilt after the Civil War |
| assassinate | to murder a leader by sudden or secret attack |
| black codes | laws limiting the rights of former slaves in the South |
| acquittal | a verdict of not guilty |
| freedmen | the men, women, and children who had once been slaves |
| sharecropping | a system of working the land in which the worker was paid with a share of the crop |
| carpetbaggers | a Northerner who moved to the South to take part in Reconstruction governments |
| scalawag | a rascal; someone who supports something for his or her own gain |
| secret ballot | a voting method in which no one knows how anyone else voted |
| segregation | the practice of keeping people in separate groups based on race or culture |
| boom | a time of fast economic growth |
| refinery | a factory in which materials, especially, fuels, are cleaned and made into usable products |
| prospector | a person who searches for gold, silver, and other mineral resources |
| bust | a time of quick economic decline |
| homesteader | person living on the land granted by the government |
| open range | land in which animals can graze |
| reservation | an area of land set aside by the government for use only by Native Americans |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which people are able to start and run their own businesses with little control by the government |
| transcontinental railroad | the railway line that crossed North America |
| entrepreneur | a person who sets up and runs a business |
| petroleum | oil |
| capital | the money needed to set up or improve a business |
| human resource | a worker who brings his or her own ideas and skills to a job |
| old immigration | people who came from northern and western Europe before 1890 to settle in North America |
| new immigration | people who came from southern and central Europe and other parts of the world after 1890 to settle in North America |
| advertisement | a public announcement that tells people about a product or opportunity |
| prejudice | an unfair feeling of hate or dislike for members of a certain group because of their background, race, or religion |
| regulation | a rule or order |
| long drive | a trip made by ranchers to lead cattle to market or the rairoads |
| tenement | a poorly built apartment building |
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