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Ch 7 Vocabulary
Word | Deffinition |
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Jim Crow laws | kept blacks and whites segregated. |
poll tax | pay a tax to vote. |
literacy test | understanding test you must pass to vote. |
grandfather clause | you could vote if your ancestors voted. |
Booker T. Washington | famous black leader of the late 19th century. |
W.E.B. Du Bois | argued that blacks should demand full immediate equality. |
Ida B. Wells | woman who fought for justice and was born into slavery. |
Las Gorras Blancas | targeted property of large ranch owners. |
Spoils system | party for polititions. |
civil service | system with federal jobs. |
pendleton civil service act | established civil service commission |
gold standard | gold as the nations currency |
Oliver H. Kelley | farmer businassman journalist and govnt clark |
Grange | popularty that attracted members. |
populist party | peoples party. |
William Jennings Bryan | presidental canidet. |
William Mckinley | rebulican canidate. |