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Poll tax   Sum of money to be paid before a person can vote  
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Literacy tests   Reading and writing tests formerly used in some southern States to prevent African Americans from voting  
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Grandfather clause   Law to disqualify African American voters by allowing to vote only men whose father's and grandfather's voted before  
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Spoils system   Practice of the political party in power giving jobs and appointments to it's supporters, rather than to people based on their qualifications  
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Civil service   Government departments and their nonelected employees  
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Gold standard   Policy of designating monetary units in terms of their value in gold  
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Populist party   People's party; political party formed in 1891 to advocate a larger money supply and other economic reforms  
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Las gorras blancas   (the White Caps) group of Mexican Americans living in New Mexico who attempted to protect their land and way of life from encroachment by white landowners  
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