| A | B |
|---|
| literacy | the abilitiy to read and write |
| assimilation | people of one culture become part of another culture |
| WEB DuBois | African American leader who argued African Americans should become well educated |
| Booker T Washington | African American leader who told African Americans to gain vocational skills |
| Mark Twain | Huckleberry Finn |
| poll tax | a special fee that must be paid before a person could vote |
| grandfather clause | exempted men from certain voting restrictions if their grandfathers had voted |
| segregation | separation of people by race |
| Jim Crow Laws | legal segregation |
| Plessy vs Ferguson | separate but equal |
| NAACP | goal was to abolish segregation and discrimination |
| imperialism | stronger nations attempt to create empires by dominating weaker ones |
| nationalism | devotion to one's nation |
| Spanish American War | 1898 war between Spain and the United States |
| Open Door Policy | United States would have equal access to Chinese markets |
| Panama Canal | canal built to connect Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
| Roosevelt corollary | extension of the Monroe Doctrine- United States wanted to see neighboring countries stable, but would intervene if US interests were attacked |
| Dollar Diplomacy | substituting dollars for bullets when dealing with other nations |
