Law passed in 1883 that established a Civil Service Commission, which wrote a civil service exam.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act?
100
System that includes federal jobs in the executive branch.
What is civil service?
100
Black American teacher who embarked on a lifelong crusade against the practice of lynching.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
100
The word I asked you to link to Washington to remember his philosophy of black Americans gaining equality.
What is work?
200
Voters are required to pay to vote.
What is a poll tax?
200
Using gold as the basis for the country's currency.
What is the gold standard?
200
Democratic nominee for president in 1896, who supported many Populist principles including silver coinage, and who toured the country to speak directly to voters.
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
200
Group of Mexican Americans wh0 protested their loss of land in the SW by targeting the property of large ranch owners.
What is Las Gorras Blancas?
200
The word I asked you to link to Du Bois to remember his philosophy for black Americans to gain equality.
What is demand?
300
Given at the polls to see if a voter could read. Meant to take away the right to vote from black Americans.
What is a literacy test?
300
Minnesota farmer and businessman who organized the Grange.
Who is Oliver H. Kelley?
300
Republican party candidate for president in 1896, who followed a traditional strategy of letting party workers campaign for him.
Who is William McKinley?
300
The proper term to describe the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
300
The three leading black Americans working for equality.
Who are Wells, Washington, and Du Bois?
400
Law which allowed a person to vote only if his ancestors had voted prior to 1866. Used to take away the right to vote from black Americans.
What is the grandfather clause?
400
Organization of farmers who joined to learn about new farming techniques, to call for the regulation of RR and grain elevator rates, and to prompt the establishment of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC).
What is the Grange?
400
Most famous black leader in the late 19th century. He encouraged black Americans to build up their economic resources through hard work.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
400
The year women gained the right to vote in the US.
What is 1920?
400
The Native American group who held the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
Who are the Wampanoag?
500
Politicians awarded government jobs to loyal party workers with little regard for their qualifications.
What is the spoils system?
500
Political party formed in 1892 on a platform of silver coinage, government ownership of the RRs and fighting the corrupt and unresponsive elite.
What is the Populist Party?
500
Black leader in the late 19th century who argued that blacks should demand full and immediate equality.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
500
The 2 women who were instrumental in making it possible for women to vote in this country.
Who are Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
500
The name AND location of the colony where the first Thanksgiving took place.
What is Plymouth colony in SE Massachusetts and E Rhode Island?