Chapter 16 Flashcards
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Poll Tax
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- Sum of money to be paid before a person could vote
- Illegal now
- Black people wouldn’t vote because they couldn’t pay for it
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Literacy Test
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- Reading and writing test formerly used insome southern states to prevent African Americans fromvoting
- Illegal in the USA
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Grandfather Clauses
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- Law to disqualify African Americanvoters by allowing the vote only to men whose fathersand grandfathers voted before 1867
- Ancestors voted before 1866
- Prevented blacks from voting
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Booker T Wasington
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- Born a slave
- Said African Americans should accommodate themselves to segregation
- Shouldn’t focus on overturning Jim Crowe
- Build their economic resources & establish reputation as hard working, honest citizens - Teacher in Alabama
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W.E.B Du Bois
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- Native to Great Barrington Massachusetts
- PHD from Harvard
- Criticized Washington for his willingness to accommodate southern whites
- Said blacks should demand full and immediate equality & should not limit themselves
- Should have to earn the right to vote
- Radical ways to bring about change (Not violence)
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Ida B Wells
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- African American woman who fought for justice
- Born a slave
- Bought newspaper the Free Speech
- Used it to talk about blacks being mistreated
- Talking about why lynching is bad
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Las Gorras Blancas
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- (the White Caps) group of MexicanAmericans living in New Mexico who attempted to protecttheir land and way of life from encroachment bywhite landowners
- Targeted large ranch owners
- Burned down houses and cut holes in barbed wire
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Spoils System
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-Practice of the political party in power givingjobs and appointments to its supporters, rather than topeople based on their qualifications
9
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Civil Service
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-Government departments and their non-electedemployees
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Pendleton Civil Service Act
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-1883 law that created a civilservice system for the federal government in an attemptto hire employees on a merit system rather than on aspoils system
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Gold Standard
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-Policy of designating monetary units interms of their value in gold
12
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Oliver H Kelley
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- A Minnesota farmer, business man, journalist, government clerk
- Organized a group called Grange
- Provided education on new farming techniques
- Called for regulation of railroads and grain elevator rates
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Grange
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- farmers’ organization formed after the Civil War
- Provided education on new farming techniques
- Called for regulation of railroads and grain elevator rates
- Organized by Oliver H Kelley
14
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Populist Party
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-People’s Party; political party formed in1891 to advocate a larger money supply and othereconomic reforms
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William Jennings Bryan
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- Democratic party nominated him for the election of 1896
- Lost the election
- Toured the country to give speeches to voters
