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Chapter7 History
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jim Crow laws | kept blacks and whites segregated |
| poll tax | required voters to pay a tax |
| literacy test | "understanding tests" ; to be able to read and write |
| grandfather clause | allowed a person to vote as long as his ancestors had voted prior to 1866 |
| Las Gorras Blancas | targeted the property of a large ranch owners by cutting holes in barbed-wire fences and burning houses |
| spoils system | politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers, with little regard for their qualifications |
| civil service | a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch |
| Pendelton Civil Service Act | Established a Civil Service Commission, which wrote a civil service exam |
| gold standard | the government would use gold as the basis of the nation's currency |
| Grange | organization focused on providing education on new farming techniques and calling for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates |
| Populist Party | sought to build a new political party from the grass roots up |