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17 Cards in this Set
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Debt peonage |
A system that bound laborers into slavery in order to work off a debt to the employer (most likely Mexicans and African Americans) |
Like slavery |
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Segregation |
Separated white and black people in public facilities |
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Poll Tax |
An annual tax that had to be paid before qualifying to vote |
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Jim Crow Laws |
Racial segregation in schools, hospitals, parks, and transportation systems throughout the south |
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Grandfather Clause |
Even if a man had failed his literacy test and couldn't afford poll tax, he is still entitled to vote |
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Niagara Movement |
Insisted that African Americans should seek liberal arts education for well educated leaders |
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Mark Twain |
Novelist and Humorist |
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Plessy vs. Ferguson |
Court ruled that the separation of races in public accommodations was legal and did not violate the fourth amendment |
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Booker T. Washington |
An African American educator |
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W. E. B Dubois |
First African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard |
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George Eastman |
Developed the kodak camera and aimed it towards large masses |
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Ida B. Wells |
Born into slavery and moved to become a teacher. |
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Orville and Wilbur Wright |
Wright brothers created the first glider |
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Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute |
Tuskegee University in Alabama equipped African Americans with diplomas |
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William Randolf Hearst |
Purchased the New York Morning Journal and filled it with exaggerated stories |
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Ashcan school |
An American art school, led by Eakins's student Robert Henri |
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Rural Free Delivery |
System that brought packages directly to every home. |
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