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US History Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Jim Crow Laws | kept black and whites segragated |
| 2. poll tax | required voters to pay a tax to vote |
| 3. literacy test | understanding |
| 4. grandfather clause | allowed a person to voted prior to 1866 |
| 5. Las Gorras Blancas | group that targeted the property of large ranch owners by cutting holes in fences and burning houses |
| 6. spoils system | politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers |
| 7.civil service | a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch |
| 8. Pendleton Civil Service Act | established a Civil Service Commission which wrote a civil service exam |
| 9. gold standard | the government would use gold as the basis of the nation's currency |
| 10. Grange | organization the provided education on new farming techniques |
| 11. Populist Party | People's party. These populists sought to build a new political party |