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progressive era
Term | Definition |
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Poll Tax | Tax on African Americans to prevent black from voting |
16Th Amendment | Allow congress to create income tax to increase government revenue |
17th Amendment | Allowed Americans to directly vote for their senators |
18 Amendment | Prohibition that banned the sale and manufacture of alcohol. |
poll tax | tax on African Americans to prevent blacks from voting |
literacy test | test given to African Americans to see if they could read or write |
Grandfather Clause | If an ancestor was able to vote then you can vote |
Jim Crow Laws | Laws in the South to enforce segregation |
Plessy vs. Ferguson | Supreme Court case that legalized segregation |
Booker T. Washington | Created Tuskegee Institute to advance blacks econimically |