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Gilded Age
U.S. History
Term | Definition |
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Poll Tax | a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources |
Literacy Test | test that determines the qualification of a voter based on their ability to read and write, also used to deny African Americans the right to vote |
Grandfather Clause | southern states, permitting whites to vote and disenfranchising blacks, the descendants of those voting before 1867 were permitted to vote without having to meet certain stringent conditions |
Spoils System | appointing applicants to public offices as a reward for their loyalty to the political party in power |
Civil Service | the permanent professional branches of a government's administration, excluding military and judicial branches and elected politicians |
Gold Standard | the system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, for which the currency could be exchanged |
Populist Party | by farmers in the South and Midwest against the Democratic and Republican Parties for ignoring their interests and difficulties |
Las Gorras Blancas | was a group active in the New Mexico Territory and American Southwest in the late 1880s and early 1890s, in response to Anglo-American squatters |