Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Suffrage
|
The right to vote
|
|
|
Segregation
|
The separation of people of different races.
|
|
|
Discrimination
|
The unfair difference in treatment of people.
|
|
|
Immigration
|
Moving to a country to live.
|
|
|
Entrepreneur
|
A person who organizes and manages a business or industry.
|
|
|
Strike
|
A refusal to work.
|
|
|
Reform
|
Change for the better
|
|
|
Reconstruction
|
The south's long, difficult rebuilding period after the Civil War.
|
|
|
Carpetbagger
|
Northerners who got rich working in the south during the reconstruction and who carried belongings in the travel bag made of a carpet material
|
|
|
Labor Union
|
Group of workers organized to promote and protect their interests.
|
|
|
Muckraker
|
A group of writers raked up the muck, or dug up dirt on big business.
|
|
|
Progressive
|
A person who worked for reform.
|
|
|
Stock
|
A share of ownership in a company.
|
|
|
Depression
|
A period during which businesses slow down and many people lose their jobs.
|
|
|
Turnpike
|
A highway on drivers are charged a toll.
|
|
|
Infamy
|
A shameful reputation
|
|
|
New Deal
|
A plan set up by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that used federal money to build schools, hospitals, dams, and roads.
|
|
|
Little New Deal
|
Program set up by Pennyslvania in which brokers built the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
|
