vocab
Populist Party
political party
Civil Service
Includes federal jobs in the executive branch
What was Plessy v. Ferguson’s decision
equal but separate
How was it different from W.E.B. Du Bois belief on how black people should advance on
because he believed they should have equal rights
Jim Crow Laws
Kept black and whites segregated, or apart
Gold Standard
Would use gold as the nation's currency
How did the Plessy v. Ferguson decision support the existence of Jim Crow laws?
separate but equal for the justice of segregation
What was the act that the government put in place to keep Chinese Immigrants from coming into the country?
The Chinese Exclusion Act
poll tax
to pay tax to vote
Booker T. Washington
The most famous black leader during the late 19 century
What was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and how did it affect the relations between the Mexican Americans and white Americans?
doubled the territory of the United States and natural resources
Grandfather Clause
Allowed someone to vote as long as his ancestors had voted prior
W.E.B. Du Bois
He argued that blacks should demand full and immediate equality and not limit themselves to vocational education
How did whites create a segregated society in the South and how did African Americans respond?
The african americans thought it wasn't fair
Grange
is the oldest American agricultural advocacy group with a national scope
Spoils System
Were central components of politics during gilded age
How did Booker T. Washington think black people should advance in society
they had differences on it