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WORD LIST
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Alabama History Chapter 9 A Changing Alabama
1. civil rights [Noun]
Sentence: During the 1950s and 1960s, people fought for civil rights for
African Americans.
Definition: legal, social, and economic rights that guarantee freedom and
equality for all citizens
2. coke [Noun]
Sentence: coke is a type of heating fuel that is made from coal.
Definition: a gray material made from coal that is used as fuel for heating
3. credit [Noun] cred•it
Sentence: If you buy a sweater and don't pay cash for it, you've used credit.
Definition: an arrangement by which someone can use goods or services
with the promise of future payment; the goods or services used in such an
arrangement
4. expand [Verb] ex•pand
Sentence: Elastic waistbands expand to fit the waist of the person wearing
the item of clothing.
Definition: to become or make larger in size, amount, volume, or scope
5. Jim Crow laws [Noun]
Sentence: Jim Crow laws said Black people must be kept separate from
white people.
Definition: rules or sets of rules created by the U.S. government that
segregated African Americans in the United States
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Alabama History Chapter 9 A Changing Alabama
6. sharecropper [Noun] share•crop•per
Sentence: A sharecropper is a farmer who doesn't own the land he or she
farms.
Definition: a farmer who works on someone else's land in return for part of
the profit from the crops
7. suburb [Noun] sub•urb
Sentence: We live in a suburb of Washington, D.C.
Definition: a neighborhood outside the central part of a city, especially one
with many houses
8. tuition [Noun] tu•i•tion
Sentence: Unless you have a scholarship, you will have to pay tuition to go
to college.
Definition: a fee charged for instruction at a school
9. agricultural economy [Noun]
Sentence: The state had an agricultural economy which meant its wealth
depending on farming.
Definition: an economy that is farm-related
10. impurity [Noun]
Sentence: Bessemer found a way to improve steel while lowering the cost.
The Bessemer process removed impurity.
Definition: unwanted part, such as a pollutant
11. normal school [Noun]
Sentence: Schools that trained teachers are called normal schools.
Definition: a school for training teachers
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Alabama History Chapter 9 A Changing Alabama
12. tenant farmer [Noun]
Sentence: Landowners had a different deal with farmers. This was because
tenant farmers owned their tools and farm animals.
Definition: a farmer who had seeds and tools but farmed someone else's
land; the farmer paid the landowner a share of the harvest.
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DAY 1
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1. The civil rights movement was an
effort to establish equal rights for
African Americans.
civil 2. Civil rights include the legal,
social, and economic rights that
rights guarantee equal treatment of
(noun) people.
3. The court agreed that the company
had violated the woman's civil
rights when they fired her.
1. Coke, which is made from coal, is
gray, hard, and porous.
2. The Chinese introduced coke in
coke the eleventh century to replace
wood as a fuel.
(noun)
3. Coke was one of the materials
used in the heat shielding on
NASA's Apollo program space
vehicles.
1. To obtain credit from a bank, or a
store, you must fill out an
application.
credit 2. Using credit is like taking out a
loan--and there is often a fee
(noun) attached.
3. She didn't have enough cash with
her, so she used credit , which is
like a promise to pay the bill later.
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DAY 1
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1. When you take in a breath, your
lungs expand , or enlarge.
2. Steam power works because steam
expand takes up more room than liquid
water, and it will expand and push
(verb) the movable parts of a machine.
3. Rubber bands expand when you
stretch them, and they contract, or
shrink, when you let go of them.
1. Segregation and racism were made law in
the South by the U.S. government
Jim through the Jim Crow laws .
Crow 2. The Jim Crow laws said Black people
had to have separate public facilities,
laws including schools.
(noun) 3. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court said
Jim Crow laws were illegal in Brown v.
the Board of Education of Topeka.
1. A sharecropper only receives a
small portion of the crops he or she
grows.
sharecropper 2. A sharecropper is a farmer who
(noun) does not own the land that he or
she works.
3. The sharecropper has little
freedom and even less money.
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DAY 1
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1. A suburb is a neighborhood
outside the center of a city.
suburb 2. A suburb is also called a
residential area--an area with
(noun) many residents, or dwellers.
3. If you live in a suburb , you might
take a bus to go downtown.
1. T uition is money you pay to
attend a school.
tuition 2. My scholarship pays for all of my
(noun) tuition .
3. I plan on getting a student loan to
pay my college tuition .
agricultural 1. The state had an agricultural
economy econom y which meant its wealth
(noun) depending on farming.
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DAY 1
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1. Bessemer found a way to improve
impurity steel while lowering the cost. The
(noun) Bessemer process removed
impurities.
normal
school 1. Schools that trained teachers were
called normal schools.
(noun)
tenant 1. Landowners had a different deal
with farmers. This was because
farmer tenant farmers owned their tools
(noun) and farm animals.
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DAY 1
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Name:
INSTRUCTIONS: Record a vocabulary word in each word box. Then write a synonym and an antonym,
draw a picture, and define each word. Use each word in a sentence on the back of this worksheet.
Word Picture
Synonym
Antonym
Definition
Word Picture
Synonym
Antonym
Definition
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civil economic rights that
guarantee freedom and
rights equality for all citizens
(noun)
a gray material made
from coal that is used as
coke fuel for heating
(noun)
an arrangement by which
someone can use goods
or services with the
promise of future
credit payment; the goods or
services used in such an
arrangement
(noun)to become or make larger
in size, amount, volume,
expand or scope
(verb)
rules or sets of rules
created by the U.S.
Jim government that
Crow segregated African
Americans in the United
laws States
(noun)
a farmer who works on
someone else's land in
sharecropper return for part of the
profit from the crops
(noun)a neighborhood outside
the central part of a city,
suburb especially one with many
houses
(noun)
a fee charged for
tuition instruction at a school
(noun)
agricultural an economy that is farm-
related
economy (noun)unwanted part, such as a
impurity pollutant
(noun)
normal a school for training
teachers
school (noun)
a farmer who had seeds
and tools but farmed
tenant someone else's land; the
farmer paid the
farmer landowner a share of the
harvest.
(noun)ANALOGIES
DAY 2
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Name:
An analogy shows a relationship between two sets of words. The words in the first pair must have the same
relationship as the words in the second pair. To complete an analogy with a missing word, you must first
discover the relationship between the completed pair. (Example: Cat is to meow as dog is to bark.)
energy shorten pay now oppression
INSTRUCTIONS: Determine the relationship between the first pair of words. Then use the words in the
word box to complete the second pair of words.
1. Expand is to contract ...as... lengthen is to .
2. Coke is to fuel ...as... electricity is to .
3. Civil rights are to equality ...as... slavery is to .
4. Credit is to pay later ...as... cash is to .
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DAY 2
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Name:
An analogy shows a relationship between two sets of words. The words in the first pair must have the same
relationship as the words in the second pair. To complete an analogy with a missing word, you must first
discover the relationship between the completed pair. (Example: Cat is to meow as dog is to bark.)
oppression house pay now energy
restaurant integration shorten house
INSTRUCTIONS: Determine the relationship between the first pair of words. Then use the words in the
word box to complete the second pair of words.
5. Sharecropper is to farmland ...as... servant is to .
6. Tuition is to school ...as... bill is to .
7. Jim Crow laws are to segregation ...as... Civil Rights Amendment is to
.
8. Suburb is to downtown ...as... yard is to .
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DAY 2
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Name:
normal school credit civil rights
Jim Crow laws impurity tuition coke
agricultural economy sharecropper suburb
expand tenant farmer
INSTRUCTIONS: Use the vocabulary words in the word box above to complete the sentences below.
1. If you buy a sweater and don't pay cash for it, you've used
.
2. Elastic waistbands to fit the waist of the person wearing
the item of clothing.
3. is a type of heating fuel that is made from coal.
4. During the 1950s and 1960s, people fought for for
African Americans.
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DAY 2
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Name:
agricultural economy tuition credit expand
sharecropper Jim Crow laws impurity
tenant farmer normal school civil rights coke
suburb
INSTRUCTIONS: Use the vocabulary words in the word box above to complete the sentences below.
5. said Black people must be kept separate from white
people.
6. Unless you have a scholarship, you will have to pay to go
to college.
7. A is a farmer who doesn't own the land he or she farms.
8. We live in a of Washington, D.C.
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DAY 2
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Name:
impurity coke tenant farmer normal school
sharecropper civil rights suburb expand
agricultural economy tuition credit
Jim Crow laws
INSTRUCTIONS: Use the vocabulary words in the word box above to complete the sentences below.
9. Landowners had a different deal with farmers. This was because
s owned their tools and farm animals.
10. Schools that trained teachers are called s.
11. The state had an which meant its wealth depending on
farming.
12. Bessemer found a way to improve steel while lowering the cost. The Bessemer
process removed .
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DAY 4
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Name:
INSTRUCTIONS: Use what you know about the vocabulary words to complete the following sentences.
1. Two things that can expand are .
2. is a hard, gray, heating fuel.
3. A sharecropper might work on .
4. You pay tuition to .
5. Someone might use credit if .
6. Civil rights guarantee .
7. A suburb is outside of .
8. The Jim Crow laws in the United States were meant to .
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DAY 5
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Name:
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best answer to complete each statement.
1. What do civil rights 5. Jim Crow laws made the
guarantee? of Black people
a success legal.
b equality a education
c wealth b segregation
c enslavement
2. Coke is made from .
6. A sharecropper works on
a coal
land owned by .
b iron
a himself or herself
c copper
b the government
c another person
3. You would not try to get
credit from a .
7. A synonym for suburb is
a bank
.
b river
a residential area
c store
b country
c downtown
4. It's difficult to make
expand.
8. Tuition is instruction
a your lungs
at a school.
b a balloon
a a description of
c a piece of steel
b a fee waiver for
c a fee charged for
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DAY 5
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Name:
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best answer to complete each statement.
9. means an economy
that is farm-related
a normal school
b agricultural economy
c tuition
10. means unwanted
part, such as a pollutant
a Jim Crow laws
b expand
c impurity
11. means a school for
training teachers
a coke
b normal school
c expand
12. means a farmer
who had seeds and tools but
farmed someone else's land;
the farmer paid the
landowner a share of the
harvest.
a tenant farmer
b civil rights
c Jim Crow laws
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