| A | B |
|---|
| Reconstruction | Rebuilding |
| Black Codes | Laws limiting the rights of former enslaved people in the South. |
| acquit | To find not guilty |
| freedmen | Men, women, and children who had been enslaved |
| sharecropping | A system of working the land in which workers were paid by letting them keep a share of the crops the harvested |
| secret ballot | A voting method that does not allow anyone to know how a person has voted |
| segregation | The practice of keeping people in seperate groups based on their race or culture |
| prospector | A person searching for gold, silver, or other mineral resources. |
| boom | A time of fast economic or population growth |
| bust | A time of fast economic decline |
| homesteader | A person who settled on the land granted by the government |
| reservation | Land set aside by the by the government for use only by Native Americans |
| transcontinental railroad | A railroad that linked the Atlantic and Pacific coasts |
| skyscraper | A very tall steel-framed building |
| petroleum | Oil |
| labor union | A worker's grop that fights for better working conditions and pay |
| strike | The stopping of work until employers meet workers' demands |
| collective bragaining | A process that allows employers and workers to discuss and agree on working conditions |
| tenement | A poorly built apartment building |
| reformer | A person who tries to improve society |
| settlement house | A place that provided food, health care, and classes for immigrants |
