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US History c 9 Terms
Alexis' ch. 9 Vocab- Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Literacy | The ability to read and write. |
| Assimilation | The process by which people of one culture become part of another. |
| Philanthropist | People who give donations to worthy causes. |
| Niagra Movement | A group of African Americans that called for full civil liberties. |
| Vaudeville | A type of inexpensive variety show that first appeared in the 1870s. |
| Yellow Journalism | A reference to the yellow ink used in a popular comic strip of the era. |
| Ragtime | |
| Poll tax | A special fee that must be paid before a person was permitted to vote. |
| Grandfather clause | Exempted men from certain voting restrictions if they had already voted, or if they had ancestors (grandfathers) who had voted prior to blacks being granted suffrage. |
| Segregation | A system that ensured that African Americans were treated as second-class citizens. |
| Jim Crow | |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | (blank) |
| Lynching | The murder of an accused person by a mob without a lawful trial. |
| Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | Group whose purpose was to abolish segregation and and descrimination, to oppose racism, and to gain civil rights for African Americans. |
| Department store | Large reatail establishments carried such a wide variety of goods they were divided into departments. |
| Rural free delivery (RFD) | Gave farm familes access to big-city goods through mail-order catalogs. |
| Mail-ordering catalog | Printed materials advertising a wide range of goods that could be purchased by mail. |
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