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CH: 7
Vocab für Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Jim Crow laws | Laws that kept blacks and whites segregated |
| 2. Poll Tax | Requirement of voters to pay to vote |
| 3. Literacy Test | Tests that test if an individual is literate, or can read |
| 4. Grandfather clause | Clause that allowed people who had ancestors who voted before 1866 the ability to vote |
| 5. Booker T Washington | A black leader who advocated the education and training of black citizens to make them look like white citizens |
| 6. W.E.B. Du Bois | Opposition to Booker's ideas |
| 7. Ida B Wells | Black woman who was an advocate against lynching |
| 8. Las Gorras Blancas | A Mexican-American rights group |
| 9. Spoils System | System in which an electee would hand out government positions to those who supported him, whether they be skilled or not |
| 10. Civil Service | Jobs within the executive branch |
| 11. Pendleton Civil Service Act | Enacted a State Civil Service Commission that battled against the Spoils system |
| 12. Gold Standard | When currency is based on the value of gold |
| 13. Oliver H Kelley | Founder of the Grangers |
| 14. Grange | People who called for better treatment of farmers and the regulation of railroads |
| 15. Populist Party | The culmination of the Farmer's Alliances; formed in 1892 |
| 16. William Jennings Bryan | The Presidential candidate for the Democratic and Populist parties in 1896 |
| 17.William McKinley | Republican Candidate for the election of 1896, president from 1896 - 1901 (assassinated) |