History 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe USA - twentieth century changeGCSEAQA Created by: alexcockerCreated on: 01-02-15 18:18 What is the definition of lynching? To put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority. 1 of 7 What is the definition of segregation? The institutional separation of an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group from the dominant majority. 2 of 7 What is the definition of peonage? The practice of holding persons in servitude or partial slavery, as to work off a debt or to serve a penal sentence. 3 of 7 What is the definition of 'Jim crow laws'? Any state law discriminating against black persons. 4 of 7 What is the definition of a hooverville? A collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s. 5 of 7 What was the dust bowl? The region in the South central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s. 6 of 7 What is migration in terms of 1930s America? Displaced farmers moving west for work 7 of 7
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