"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 7

This list focuses on immigrants and urbanization (Unit 2, Chapter 7).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 2, Bridge to the 20th Century: Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8

Here are links to all the units of the California edition of the textbook published by McDougal Littell: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7
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  1. immigration
    the group of people coming to a country
  2. persecution
    causing someone to suffer
  3. shortage
    an acute insufficiency
  4. famine
    a severe shortage of food resulting in starvation and death
  5. tuberculosis
    infection transmitted by inhalation or ingestion of bacilli
  6. felony
    a serious crime, such as murder or arson
  7. detention
    a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
  8. synagogue
    the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
  9. progressive
    favoring or promoting change, often by government action
  10. sentiment
    a personal belief or judgment
  11. exclusion
    the state of being shut out
  12. agreement
    the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
  13. limit
    place restrictions on
  14. repeal
    an official or legal cancellation
  15. urbanization
    the condition of being transformed into a city
  16. tenement
    a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
  17. slum
    a district of a city marked by poverty
  18. sanitation
    the state of being clean and conducive to health
  19. hygienic
    tending to promote or preserve health
  20. welfare
    a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous
  21. gospel
    the written body of teachings accepted by a religious group
  22. movement
    a group of people who try together to achieve certain goals
  23. salvation
    the state of being saved or preserved from harm
  24. settlement
    an area where a group of families live together
  25. gilded
    rich and superior in quality
  26. machine
    a group that controls the activities of a political party
  27. fraud
    deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
  28. graft
    the practice of offering something for an illegal advantage
  29. administration
    the act of governing or exercising authority
  30. service
    employment in or work for another
  31. patronage
    granting favors in return for political support
  32. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  33. contribution
    an amount of money given
  34. merit
    the quality of being deserving
  35. qualified
    holding appropriate official documentation
Created on Wed Nov 16 12:04:05 EST 2016 (updated Thu Nov 17 16:06:49 EST 2016)

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