| Words | Definitions |
| Great Migration |
the term that describes the 1916-70 migration of thousands of African Americans who moved from the southern states seeking a better life in northern cities |
| jazz |
an ever-changing and evolving form of music, at times improvisational, that originated in the United States and was heavily influenced by African Americans |
| sharecropping |
a system of agriculture that emerged in the South after the Civil War and the end of slavery, in which a tenant farmer does not own the land he cultivates and so must pay the landowner a share of the crops he produces as rent and to cover other expenses including equipment and seed |
