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Ch. 20 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Section | a unit of land equal to 1 square mile (2.59 sq km) or 640 acres |
| Jim Crow laws | laws discriminating against African American |
| temperance | the practice of drinking little or no alcohol |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| coeducation | teaching males and females in the same classes |
| grant | to agree to or allow |
| issue | matter of concern to and individual |
| transcontinental | extending or going across a continent |
| streetcar | wheeled vehicle that moves along rails in city streets and is used to carry passangers within the city |
| switchboard | a structure used to connect telephone calls manually |
| enormous | very large |
| mortgage | a legal agreement in which a person borrows money to buy property and pays back the money over a period of years |
| monopoly | exclusive possession or control |
| Grange | an organization for farmers that provided social events and worked for economic reform |
| cooperative | a business or organization owned and operated by the people who work in it or who uses its services |
| Progressivism | a reform movement that tried to corrects social and political problems |
| trust | a combination of companies formed by agreement to reduce competition |
| intrsaste | connecting or existing in areas within a state |
| target | to direct action against a object, or problem |
| regulate | to make rules or laws to control something |
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