U.S. History: Key Concepts and Events

which political party was made up of farmers and was hostile towards banks, railroads, and social elites?

• republican party

• democratic party

• populist party

• independent party

which member of the bourbon triumvirate was the leader of the Kluh Klux Klan?

• alfred colquitt

• joseph e brown

• thomas Jefferson

• john gordan

what was the poll tax?

• a tax on all citizens to promote education and literacy

• a tax on all voters to prevent poor citizens from voting

• a tax on all citizens to fund government programs

• a tax on all voters to ensure they were financially stable

what was the separate but equal doctrine?

• a doctrine that allowed for separate but equal facilities for black and white citizens

• a doctrine that allowed black people to vote in the Democratic primary

• a doctrine that promoted racial equality and social reform

• a doctrine that abolished segregation and sicrimation

what was the rural free delivery act proposed by G.A congressman Tom Watson?

• a bill that provided mail delivery to rural areas

• a bill that provided free healthcare to rural areas

• a bill that provided free transportation to rural areas

• a bill that provided free education to rural areas

what does disenfranchisement mean?

• to promote racial equality and social refrom

• to deprive a person of the right to vote or rights of citizenship

• to provide equal opportunities for all citizens

• to promote segregation and discrimination

who was a civil rights leader and author who hated booker t Washington and wanted to "make Noise" by speaking out against discrimination

• w.e.b dubois

• leo frank

• alonzo herndon

• booker t Washington

what were Jim crow laws

• laws that created seprate but equal facilities for black and white people

• laws that allowed black people to vote in the Democratic primary

• laws that promoted racial equality and social reform

• laws that abolished segregation and discrimination

who was the author and political activist who founded the Tuskegee institute and wanted to "slowly free" black people from Jim crow laws

• leo frank

• booker t Washington

• alonzo herndon

• w.e.b. dubois

who coined the term "new south"

• homer plessy

• joseph e brown

• henry grady

• booker t Washington