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| The separation or isolation of a race, class, or group |
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| Institution located in a poor neighborhood that provided numerous community services such as medical care, child care, libraries, and classes in English |
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| System of farming in which a farmer works land for an owner who provides equipment and seeds and receives a share of the crop |
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| A person who invests in a corporation by buying stock and is a partial owner |
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| The act of occupying seat or sitting on the floor of an establishment as a form of organized protest |
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| Poor, crowded, and rundown urban neighborhoods |
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| Person who believes industries should be publicly owned and run by the government rather than by private individuals |
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| Section of a country where one foreign nation enjoys special rights and powers |
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| Theodore Roosevelt’s promise of fair and equal treatment for all |
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| A situation during a conflict when action stops because both sides are equally powerful and neither will give in |
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| Cramped quarters on a ship’s lower deck for passengers paying the lowest fares |
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| Shares of ownership a company sells in its business which often carry voting power |
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| A place where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system |
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| Person hired to replace a striking worker in order to break up a strike |
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| Grant of money from the government to a person or a company for an action intended to benefit the public |
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| Residential area that sprang up close to or surrounding cities as a result of improvements in transportation |
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| An attempt to overthrow a government by persons working secretly from within |
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| A man or woman who fought for a woman’s right to vote |
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| A meeting of heads of government |
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| An economic theory that proposes tax cuts as means of stimulating the economy to produce more goods and services |
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| Excess; Amount left over after necessary expenses are paid |
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| A shop or factory where workers work long hours at low wages under unhealthy conditions |
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