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Set #11 (25-26)
New South (25-26)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New South | period after Reconstruction where the South sought to diversify Georgia's economy & bring Northern technology and/or investments into the state |
| Populist Party | political party made up of farmers who were hostile to banks, railroads & social elites |
| Rural Free Delivery Act | legislation proposed by Georgia Congressman Tom Watson that provided free mail delivery to rural areas of the country |
| Convict Lease System | a system that provided convict (prisoners) labor to private businesses such as railroad companies or plantation owners |
| Jim Crow Laws | laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans citizenship rights |
| Separate but equal | Supreme Court ruling that legalized racial segregation as long as the facilities were equally funded (this was rarely the case) |
| Literacy Test | a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pass a reading and writing test in order to vote |
| poll tax | a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pay a fee in order to vote (prevented poor blacks and whites from voting) |
| Grandfather Clause | disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well |
| Disenfranchisement | to deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship |
| segregate | separate by race |