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**Section 17.1**
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//(**PLEASE KEEP ALPHABETIZED)**//


 * Denounced**(page 566)- to speak against. Ex) Booker T. Washington **denounced** the idea of immediate progress. (MeL)


 * Downtrodden**(page 551)- Subjected to oppression. (JeK) "People were **downtrodden** because they were mistreated by those with more power.(JeK) Downtrodden people are treated badly by people with more power than them. Ex) The urban poor were downtrodden by bosses of political machines. JaK Except that the bosses usually assisted people in return for their votes, support and not ratting them out! (JeK)


 * Fluctuate**(page 577)- To change continually. Ex) Since the U.S. did not have control over thier banks, interest rates for loans could fluctuate wildly. (MeL)


 * Foster** (568)- To raise, to promote growth and development, to further. Learning new vocabulary **fosters** my better understanding of the material I read.(JeK)


 * Lynch**(page 566)- by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.BiW The African -American man was **lynched** simply for trying to vote int eh Deep South.(JeK)


 * Muckrakers** (page 550)- Writers of the early 1900s who uncovered a wide range of faults of America. The journalist was called a **muckraker** by Theodore Roosevelt because he thought she were too fascinated with the ugliest sides of things. SaBr


 * Peonage**(page 567)-the condition of laborers with little control over their employment conditions or held in servitude until their debt is paid, think sharecropping (Sharecropper=peon). Ex) The **peonage** of factory workers in the 19th Century kept them in poverty.(JeK)(MeL)


 * Plea**(found in Q.#1 of short answer questions)-A request made in an urgent manner. Ex) Women like Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt made a plea for the female gender's enfranchisement. JaK


 * Prevail**(page 576)-prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious. (ReH)


 * Temperance**(page 558)- the practice of never drinking alcohol. SaB The **temperance** movement hoped to end the comsumption of alcohol with a Constitutional amendment.