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24.3 and 24.4 Vocab Terms!

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  1. Original: one of a kind
  2. Improvised: to make up as you go along
  3. Spiritual: a religious song
  4. Concerned: worried, afraid
  5. Capture: Catch
  6. Shocked: Very Surprised
  7. Poet: a person who writes poems
  8. Impact: Effect
  9. Noble: Honorable
  10. foolish: stupid
  11. disappoint: to hope for something and it does not happen
  12. boll weevil: an insect that destroys crops سوسة
  13. deny: refuse رفض
  14. suspicious: not trusting مشكوك فيه
  15. foreigners: people from a place other than America أجانب
  16. Ku Klux Klan: a racist group of Whites who feared African Americans, Jews, Catholics and immigrants
  17. Catholics & Protestants: two different groups of Christianity
  18. democracy: a type of government where citizens choose the president
  19. Communism: a type of country where the government owns all the land and there are less freedoms for people
  20. Crime: breaking laws جريمة
  21. violence: killing and hurting people عنف
  22. Reformers: people who want to improve society الإصلاحيون
  23. independent: depending only on yourself
  24. discrimination: treating people bad because of their race or religion
  25. 18th amendment (Prohibition): made the selling of alcohol illegal in the United States
  26. ban: to prohibit (to make something illegal)
  27. bootlegger: a person who made and sold alcohol illegally
  28. speakeasy: an illegal place where alcohol was sold
  29. 21st amendment: canceled the 18th amendment

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