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Jim Crow laws segregation laws enacted in the South after Reconstruction
poll tax sum of money to be paid before a person could vote
literacy test reading and writing tests formerly used in some southern states to prevent African Americans from voting
grandfather clause law to disqualify African American voters by allowing to vote only men whose father and grandfathers voted before 1867
Booker T. Washington famous black leader during the 19th century
W.E.B. Du Bois a native of Massachusetts who criticized Washington's willingness to accommodate southern whites
Ida B. Wells African American woman who fought for justice
Las Gorras Blancas a group of Mexican Americans living in New Mexico who attempted to protect their land and way of life from encroachment by white landowners
spoils system practice of the political party in power giving jobs and appointments to its supporters, rather than to people based on their qualifications
civil service a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch
Pendleton Civil Service Act law that created a civil system for the federal government in an attempt to hire employees on a merit system rather than on a spoils system
gold standard policy of designing monetary units in terms of their value in gold
Oliver H. Kelly organized in 1867 the organization known as the Grange
Grange farmers' organization formed after the civil war
Populist Party people's party; political party formed in 1891 to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms
William Jennings Bryan Democratic nominee for president; put Populist on a different plane
William McKinley Republican candidate earned 30 times more money than Bryan, others campaigned for him
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