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17 Cards in this Set
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Literacy |
The ability to read and write. |
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Assimilation |
The process by which people of one culture become part of another culture. |
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Philanthropists |
People who give donations to worthy causes. |
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Niagara Movement |
A group of African-Americans that called for full civil liberties. |
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Vaudevill |
A type of inexpensive variety show that first appeared in the 1870s. |
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Yellow Journalism |
Seeking out more details of murders, vice, and scandal to sell more papers. |
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Ragtime |
A type of "infectious" music features melodies with shifting accents over a steady marching band beat. |
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Poll Tax |
A special fee that must be paid before a person was permitted to vote. |
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Grandfather Clauses |
These laws exempted men form certain voting restrictions if they had already voted or if they had ancestors that could vote.
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Segregation |
A system designed to ensure the African-Americans were treated as second class citizens. |
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Jim Crow Laws |
Requirement in the south for segregation. |
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Plessy v. Ferguson |
Homer Plessy argued that his right to "equal protection of the laws" was violated by a Louisiana law. |
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Lynching |
The murder of an accused person by mob without a lawful trial. |
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NAACP |
A group whose purpose was to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism, and to gain civil rights for blacks. |
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Department Stores |
large retail establishments that carried a wide variety of goods, they were commonly divided into departments. |
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Rural Free Delivery |
A free service that gave farmers access to goods with use of mail-order catalogs. |
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Mail-Order Catalogs |
Printed materials advertising a wide range of goods that could be purchased by mail. |
