U.S. History Concepts and Terms

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Fill in the blank: The ________ was a government agency helping former slaves.

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Freedmen’s Bureau

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Fill in the blank: ________ is a farming system that trapped people in debt.

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Sharecropping

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Fill in the blank: A ________ is a fee to vote; often used to block Black voters.

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Poll tax

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Fill in the blank: A ________ is a reading test given to restrict voting rights.

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Literacy test

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Fill in the blank: ________ is the legal separation of races.

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Segregation

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Urbanization – ______ is the growth of cities.

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Urbanization

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Tenement – ______ is a small, crowded, unsafe city apartment.

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Tenement

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Strike – ______ is when workers refuse to work to demand better conditions.

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Strike

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Muckraker – ______ is a journalist exposing problems.

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Muckraker

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Nativism – ______ is the belief that native-born people are better than immigrants.

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Nativism