Question

Please find the definition for the following 5 words and write a sentence for each:

1. kleptocracy
2. sharecropping
3. redlining
4. peonage
5. Jim Crow Laws

Answer 1

1. Kleptocracy: A government or a state or a political party exploits their people(citizens) by means of theft or corruption. This is a rule by corrupted leaders.
2. Sharecropping: It is a method of farming in which the landlords make a special agreement with the tenant for providing the land for farming. Usually the agreement says that the tenant should return a share of cultivated crops for farming in the land.
3. Redlining: It is a discriminating practice in which services particularly of financial ones are denied on the basis of race and ethnicity. Usually the government services are out of reach of common people, because of the increased service amount.
4. Peonage: peonage simply means work of a peon. It is also called debt slavery, because the employer compels the employee to work for the debt he owes.
5. Jim Crow Laws: These are the collection of laws which was enforced in the southern United States. This law establishes different rules and laws for black and whites.