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ch.7 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.Jim Crow Laws | segregation laws passed by southern states |
| 2.poll tax | tax on voting |
| 3.literacy test | reading on and writing tests |
| 4.grandfather clause | if your grandfather voted in 1860, you may vote |
| 5.Booker T. Washington | born into slavery..believed that blacks should learn a trade and help them become more successful |
| 6.W.E.B. Du Bois | freeman, immediate equality, high education |
| 7.Ida B. Wells | born into slavery bought a newspaper "Free Speech" that addressed the issue of lynching of blacks |
| 8.Las Gorras Blancas | group of Mexicans who fought against discrimination |
| 9.spoils system | giving of political jobs to those on support of the party rather than on requirements and qualifications |
| 10.civil service | government departments and their nonelected employees |
| 11.Pendleton Civil Service Act | law that created a civil service for the federal gov. based on merit system rather than spoils system in an attempt to hire employees |
| 12.gold standard | policy of designing monetary units based on their value in gold |
| 13.Oliver H. Kelley | organized the Granger movement, farmer(duh) |
| 14. Grange | group created to educate Farmers on new farming techniques,etc. |
| 15.Populist Party | aka People's Party made up of the Farmers' Alliance |
| 16.William Jennings Bryan | presidential candidate for the Populist's party |
| 17.Williams McKinley | Republican Candidate |