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ch 20 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| section | a unit of land quel |
| jim crow laws | laws discrimination against African American |
| temperance | the practice of drinking little or no alcohol |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| coeducation | teaching males and femels in the same classes |
| transcontinental | extending or going across a continued |
| street car | wheeled vehical that moves along rail in city streets and is used to carry passengers with in the city |
| switch board | a structure used to connect telephone calls manually |
| mortgage | a legal agreement in witch a Pearson borrows money to buy property and pays back back the money over a period of years |
| monopoly | exclusive possessing or control |
| grange | an organization for farmers thet 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 use its services |
| trust | a combination of companies formed by agreement reduce competition |
| intrastate | connecting or existing in areas within a state |
| progressivisim | a reform movement that tried to correct social and political problems. |
| regulate | to make rules or laws to control somethin |
| target | to direct action against and object entity or problem |
| contribute | to be one among several causes of an event or development |
| enormous | very large |
| coeduction | teaching males and females in the same classes. |