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Chapter 7 Section 3 Vocabulary
Try to find, solve, unscrammble, match-up, put together, or remember what the correct definition is for each of the words. Take your time and good luck!!!
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| Poll tax | Social fee that must be paid before a person can vote. |
| Grandfather clause | Passage that exempts a group of people from obeying a law if they met certain conditions before the law was passed. |
| Jim Crow | System of laws that segregated public services by race, beginning in the 1890's. |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation was legal as long as the seperate facilities were equal for both races. |
| Lynching | Illegal seizure and execution of a person by a mob. |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Organization formed in 1920 to advance the cause of African Americans; also known as the NAACP. |
| the Niagara Movement | Organization, founded in 1905 by W.E.B. Du Bois and other black leaders, that called for full civil liberties for African Americans, an end to racial discrimination, and recognition of human brotherhood. |
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