poll tax
A tax that is to be paid months before the election
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
poll tax | A tax that is to be paid months before the election |
poll tax | A tax that is to be paid months before the election |
Eight box law | Law that required voters to put each ballot into the connect box labeled for its office. Ballots placed in the wrong box wouldn't be counted |
Eight box law | Law that required voters to put each ballot into the connect box labeled for its office. Ballots placed in the wrong box wouldn't be counted |
Literacy Test | A test that took advantage of high rates of literacy among impoverished former slaves |
Literacy Test | A test that took advantage of high rates of literacy among impoverished former slaves |
Grandfather clause | Where poor white illiterate white voters were able to vote if their grandfathers had been able to vote in 1860 |
Grandfather clause | Where poor white illiterate white voters were able to vote if their grandfathers had been able to vote in 1860 |
Gerrymandering | A plan in which congressional districts were redrawn so that only one district had an African American majority |
Gerrymandering | A plan in which congressional districts were redrawn so that only one district had an African American majority |
Disenfranchise | Take away the right to vote |
Disenfranchise | Take away the right to vote |
Populism | a political movement/party |
Populism | a political movement/party |
Jim crow laws | Something that set social segregation into law, not just practice |
Jim crow laws | Something that set social segregation into law, not just practice |
Plessy vs. Ferguson | The court ruled separate but equal facilities that satisfied the 14th amendments requirement for equal protection under the law |
Plessy vs. Ferguson | The court ruled separate but equal facilities that satisfied the 14th amendments requirement for equal protection under the law |
Ben Tillman | A populist that appealed to the values and needs of the common people against the conservative elite |
Ben Tillman | A populist that appealed to the values and needs of the common people against the conservative elite |
South Carolina constitution of 1895 | A new state constitution to replace the Reconstruction constitution of 1868 |
South Carolina constitution of 1895 | A new state constitution to replace the Reconstruction constitution of 1868 |