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progressive era
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| poll tax | tax on african american voting |
| literacy test | test to african americans to see if they could read |
| grandfather clause | if ancestor could vote you could |
| jim crow laws | laws in south to enforce segragation |
| muckrakers | a group of journalist that used media to expose stuff |
| recall | allows voters to elect and official out of office |
| initiative | allows voters to propose a law |
| 19 amenment | gave woman the right to vote |
| ted roosevelt | progressive pres |
| howard taft | attempted to lower tariffs |