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Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jim Crow Laws | Segregation laws. |
| Poll Tax | Required voters to pay a tax to vote. |
| Literacy Test | An examination to determine if a person meets the literacy requirements to vote. |
| Grandfather Clause | One may vote if their ancestors voted in 1866. |
| Booker T. Washington | Black leader that wanted blacks to accommodate southern whites. |
| W.E.B Du Bois | Thought blacks should demand immediate equality. |
| Ida B Wells | Bought a newspaper and renamed it "Free Speech." |
| Las Gorras Blancas | Targeted the property of large ranch owners. |
| Spoils System | Politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers. |
| Civil Service | System that includes federal jobs in the executive branch. |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | Established a Civil Service Commission, which wrote a civil service exam. |
| Gold Standard | Government would use gold as the basis of the nation's currency. |
| Oliver H. Kelley | Minnesota farmer, businessman, journalist, and government clerk. |
| Grange | Organization that attracted millions of people. Wanted to improve education on new farming techniques. |
| Populist Party | People's Party, that wanted to build a new political party. |
| William Jennings Bryan | Nominated as the presidential candidate by the Democratic Party. |
| William McKinley | Republican candidate. |