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Ch.16 Vocabulary
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16
History
11th Grade
09/10/2013

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Patronage
Definition
Government jobs went to supporters of the winning party in an election
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Rebates
Definition
Partial refunds and lower rates because of the volume of goods they shipped
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Populism
Definition
The movement to increase farmers political power and to work for legislation in their interest
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Greenbacks
Definition
Paper currency that could not be exchanged for gold or silver coins
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Inflation
Definition
Decline in the value of money
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Deflation
Definition
Increase in the value of money
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Cooperatives
Definition
Marketing Organizations that worked for the benefit of their members
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Graduated Income Tax
Definition
One that taxed higher earnings more heavily
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Gold Bugs
Definition
Believed that American currency should only be based on gold
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Silverites
Definition
Believed coining silver in unlimited quantities would solve the nation's economic crisis
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Sharecropper
Definition
Landless farmers who had to hand over to the landlord a large portion of their crops to cover the cost of rent, seeds, tools, and other supplies
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Poll Tax
Definition
All citizens registering to vote had to pay
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Grandfather Clause
Definition
Clause allowed anyone who's grandfather had voted in 1867 to have the right to vote
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Segregation
Definition
Seperation of Races
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Jim Crow Laws
Definition
Statutes supported Segregation
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Lynchings
Definition
Executions without proper court proceedings
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