chapter 7-8 Flashcards
tool used to prevent african americans from voting by charging them money
poll tax
democratic preidential canidate who supported free silver
William Jennings Bryan
lowered tariffs on imported goods and established a graduated income tax
Underwood Tariff act
legislation meant to segregate blacks and whites
Jim Crow Laws
an activist who opened the countrys first birth control clinic
Margaret Singer
an african american leader who urged african americans to demand immediate recognition of their rights
Du Boise
theodore roosevelts plan for fair government
Square Deal
legislation that strengthened the sherman trust act
Clayton Act
allowed the government to collect taxes on income earned
sixteenth amendment
provided for the direct election of senators
seventeenth amendment
outlawed the production, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
eighteenth amendment
guarenteed the right to vote regardless of sex
nineteenth amendment
created the federal reserve board to oversee banks and manage funds
federal reserve act
established the federal trade commission to monitor buisness practices false advertising and dishonest labeling
federal trade commission act
who called for african americans to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps
Booker T. Washington
whites accused chinese workers on the west coast of
stealing white jobs
Du Boise and Booker T. Washington
disagreed whether achieveing equality was the burden of the nation or of african americans
the chinese exclusion act of 1882
prevented chinese labor from entering the country
unlike african american men women in the late 1800s
could not vote
what did Du Boise view as the key to everything
voting/sufferage
which gilded age president was known for his eternity
Gover Cleveland
after the civil war farmers debt
increased as crop prices fell