| A | B |
|---|
| reconstruction | rebuilding |
| black codes | laws that limit the rights of former enslaved people |
| acquitted | found not guilty |
| freedmen | men,women, and children who had been enslaved |
| sharecropping | landowners paid workers by letting them keep a share of the crops they harvested |
| secret ballot | voting method that does not allow anyone to know how a person has voted |
| segregation | the practice of keeping people in separate groups based on race |
| 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 |
| homesteaders | people who settled homesteads in the Great Plains |
| reservation | an area of land set aside by the government for use only by Native Americans |
| transcontinental railroad | railroad that linked the Pacific and Atlantic coast |
| skyscrapers | very tall buildings |
| petroleum | oil |
| labor union | a workers group that fights for better working conditions and pay |
| strike | workers refuse to work until employers meet their demands |
| collective bargaining | allows emplyers and workers to discuss and agree on working conditions |
| tenements | poorly built apartment buildings |
| reformer | someone who tries to change society |
| settlement house | a place that provided food, healthcare, and classes for immigrants |
