| A | B |
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| slums | poor, crowded, rundown urban neighborhoods |
| poll tax | A tax amount that had to be paid before a person could vote |
| mechanism | a mechanical device |
| assimilate | To absorb a group into the culture of a larger population |
| segregation | the separation or isolation of a race, class or group |
| consolidation | The practice of combining separate companies into one |
| literacy test | A method used to prevent African Americans from voting by requiring prospective voters to read and write a specified level |
| Reconstruction | the reorganization and rebuilding of the former Confederate states after the Civil War |
| spectator sport | A sporting event that draws a crowd |
| monopoly | total control of a type of industry by one person or company. |
| integrate | To end separation of different races and bring into equal membership in society |
| trust | combination of firms or corporations formed by a legal agreement, especially to reduce competition |
| skyscraper | a very tall building |
| collective bargaining | Discussion between an employer and union representatives of workers over wages hours and working conditions |
| lynching | putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob |
| sweatshops | a shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions |
| grandfather clause | A clause that allowed individuals who did not past the literacy test to vote if the their fathers or grandfathers had voted before Reconstruction began |
| trade union | An organization of workers with the same trade or skill |
