chapter 16 vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 literacy | the ability to read and write. |
| assimilation | process by which people of the culture merge into and became part of another culture |
| philanthropist | a person who gives donations to worthy causes |
| Niagara Movement | founded in 1905 African Americans called for full civil liberties, an end to racial discrimination and recognition of human brotherhood |
| vaudeville | a type of inexpensive variety show that first appeared in the 1870s |
| yellow journalism | sensational news converge, emphasizing crime and scandal |
| ragtime | a type of music featuring melodies with shifting accents over a steady marching band beats |
| poll tax | a special fee that must be paid before a person can vote |
| grandfather clause | passage in a law that exempts a group of people from obeying the law if they had met certain conditions before the laws passed |
| segregation | separation between blacks and whites |
| Jim Crow | statutes beginning in the 1890's that required segregation of public services by race |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 held that segregation was legal as long as they separate facilties provided for blacks for equal to those for whites. |
| lynching | murder of an accused person by a mob without lawful trial |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | 1909 abolishment of segregation and discrimination to oppose rascism |
| department store | large retail establishment |
| rural free delivery | 1896 free delivery offered by the U.S post office |
| mail-order catalog | printed material advertising a wide range of goods |
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