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| Assimilation | process by which people of one culture merge into & become part of another culture |
| Department store | large retail establishment that carries a wide variety of goods and sells in large quantities |
| Grandfather Clause | Passages in law that exempts a group of people from obeying the law if they had met certain conditions before the law was passed |
| Jim Crow | Statutes beginning in the 1890s that required segregation of public survives by race |
| Literacy | The ability to read and write |
| Lynching | Murder of an accused person by a mob without a lawful trial |
| Mail–order catalog | Printed material advertising a wide range of goods that can be purchased by mail |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | Organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination - to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans |
| Niagara Movement | Founded in 1905 a group of African Americans that called for full civil liberties; the end to racial discrimination and recognition of human brotherhood |
| Philanthropist | A person who gives donations to worthy causes |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896 Supreme Court decision that segregation was legal as long the facilities provided for blacks were equal to those provided to whites |
| Poll Tax | A special fee that must be paid before a person can vote |
| Ragtime | A type of music featuring melodies with shifting accents over steady musicians in the South and mid- west in the 1880 |
| Rural free delivery (RFD) | Beginning in 1996 free delivery offered by the U.S Post Office to farm families in the rural Midwest |
| Segregation | Forced separation often times by race |
| Vaudeville | A type of variety show that first appeared in the 1870s often consisting of comic sketches songs dance routines and magic acts |
| Yellow Journalism | Sensational news coverage- emphasizing crime and scandal |
