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chapter 7 gilded age
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1.jim corw laws | african american enforeced law that kept black and whites segregated. |
| 2.poll tax | tax on voting |
| 3.literacy test | test how well you can read and write |
| 4.grandfather clause | aloud person to vote if ancestor voted before 1866 |
| 5.booker t wshington | black leader in late 19th century believed black people should make a name for themselves over a period of time |
| 6.w.e.b du bois | native of massachusettes, immidiate equality |
| 7.ida b wells | wrote free speech born slave 1862 grew up in mississippi |
| 8.las gorras blancas | cut holes in barb wire fences and caught houses on fire |
| 9.spoils system | gov't awarded jobs to loyal party workers |
| 10.civil service | system that includes federal jobs in executive branch |
| 11.pendelton civil service act | made it to wear you had to take an exam and not be bribed |
| 12.gold standard | gov't uses gold as foundation of currency |
| 13.oliver h kelly | minnisota farmer businessman journalist and gov't clerk |
| 14.grange | organization to help farmers |
| 15.populist party | peoples party 1892 wanted to build new political party |
| 16.william jennings bryan | democrat that was a presidential canidate practiced law |
| 17.william mickinley | republican canidate that gathered 15 million $ |