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Civil War - Reconstruction
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Social Studies
5th Grade
03/08/2014

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labor union
Definition
a group that fights for better pay and working conditions
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homesteaders
Definition
a person who settled on the land granted by the government
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tenement
Definition
a poorly built apartment building
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collective bargaining
Definition
a process that allows employers and workers to discuss and agree on working conditions
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sharecropping
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a system of working the land in which the worker was paid by letting them keep a share of the crops they harvested
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reservation
Definition
land set aside by the government for use by the Native Americans
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Reconstruction
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rebuilding
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segregation
Definition
the practice of keeping people in separate groups based on their race or culture
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transcontinental railroad
Definition
the railroad that crossed North America
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strike
Definition
the stopping of work to make employers meet the demands of the workers
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