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chapcter 20 vocabula
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| section | a unit of a land equal to square mile 2.59sq km or 640 acres |
| jim crow laws | laws discriminating aganst african americans |
| temperence | the practice of drimking little or no alcohol |
| grant | women right to vote |
| the democracts | faced several other political issues in the late 1800s |
| texas constitution | called for the constriction of a new state capital building |
| coeducation | coeducation teaching males and females in the same clases |
| transcontinental | extriding or going across a continetal |
| enomous | very large |
| streetcar | wheeled vehicle that moves anlong rails in city streets is used to csry passage within the city |
| swichboard | a strure used to conect to telephone calls |
| contribute | to be one among us several causes os an event or devoloment |
| mortagagege | a legal agrement in whinch person borrow monwy to buy propertys |
| monopoly | exclusive possesion or comtrol |
| grange | a farmhouse with outbuildings |
| cooperative | a bussines or organised owned and operated by the the people who work in in or who use itbservises |
| progresive | relating to, or characterized by progress |
| trust | a combination of companies formed by agrement to reduce competition |
| intrastas | connecting or existing in areas within a stateb |
| target s | to direct action against an object entity or problem |