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Ch.20 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| grant | to agree to or allow grant |
| section | a unit or land equal to 1 square mile s |
| Jim Crow laws | laws discriminating against African Americans jcl |
| issue | matter of concern to an individual or group i |
| temperance | the practice of drinking little or no alcohol t |
| suffrage | the right to vote suff |
| coeducantion | teaching males and females in the same classes coed |
| transcontinental | extending or going across continent trans |
| enormous | very large |
| streetcar | wheeled vehicle that moves along rails in city streets and is used to carry passengers within the city |
| switchboard | a structure used to connect telephone calls manually |
| contribute | to be one among several causes of an event or development |
| mortgage | a legal agreement in which a person borrows money to buy property and pays back the money over a period of year |
| 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 use its services |
| Progressivism | a reform movement that tried to correct social and political problems |
| target | to direct action against an object entity or problem |
| trust | a combination of companies formed by agreement to reduce competiton |
| regulate | to make rules or laws to control something |
| intrastate | connecting or exiting in areas within a state |