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New South (2024)
11 words (set # 11)
Term | Definition |
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New South | period after Reconstruction where the South sought to diversify GA's economy & bring Northern technology and/or investments into the state |
Populist Party | political party made up of farmers who were hostile to banks, railroads, & social elites |
Rural Free Delivery Act | legislation proposed by GA Congressman Tom Watson that provided free mail delivery to rural areas of the country |
convict lease system | a system that provided convict (prisoners) labor to private businesses such as railroad companies & planatation owners |
Jim Crow laws | laws created by legislatures to deny African Americans citizenship rights |
separate but equal | U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized racial segregation as long as the facilities were equally funded |
literacy test | a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pass a reading & writing test in order to vote |
poll tax | a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pay a fee in order to vote |
grandfather clause | a disenfranchising law that said if a person's father (or grandfather) could vote before the Civil War, he would be able to vote as well |
disenfranchisement | to deprive a person the right to vote or other rights of citizenship |
segregate | to separate by race |