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| – laws that kept blacks and whites segregated |
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| – a tax which voters were required to pay to vote |
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– a test, given at the polls to see
if a voter could read, used to disenfranchise black citizens |
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| – a law which allowed a person to vote only if his ancestors had voted prior to 1866, also used to disenfranchise black citizens |
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| – the most famous black leader during the late 19th century, he encouraged African Americans to build up their economic resources through hard work |
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| – a black leader in the late 19th century who disagreed with Washington and argued that blacks should demand full and immediate equality |
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| – an African American teacher who bought a newspaper and embarked on a lifelong crusade against the practice of lynching |
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| Las Gorras Blancas – a group of Mexican Americans who protested their loss of land in the Southwest by targeting the property of large ranch owners |
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| – a system in which politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications |
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| – a system that includes federal jobs in the executive branch |
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| Pendleton Civil Service Act |
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| – a law passed in 1883 that established a Civil Service Commission, which wrote a civil service exam |
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| – using gold as the basis of the nation’s currency |
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| – a Minnesota farmer and businessman who organized the Grange |
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| – an organization of farmers who joined to learn about new farming techniques, to call for the regulation of railroad and grain elevator rates, and to prompt the establishment of the ICC |
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| – a political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the railroads, and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite |
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| – the Democratic nominee for president in 1896, who supported many Populist principles including silver coinage, and who toured the country to speak directly to voters |
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| – the Republican candidate for president in 1896, who followed a traditional strategy of letting party workers campaign for him |
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