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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jim Crow laws | kept blacks and whites apart |
| poll tax | fee to vote |
| Literacy test | people had to pass this to vote |
| grandfather clause | if someone's grandfather could vote, then so could they |
| spoils system | politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications |
| civil service | federal jobs in the executive branch |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | wrote a civil service exam |
| gold standard | using gold for the basis of the nations currency |
| grange | farming schools |
| populist party | People's party |