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Because this was often a stratagem used to keep blacks from voting. Traditionally counties in the US raise revenue by taxing land and property. Few blacks owned any land in the post-war south. A poll tax is a tax on each person. Few blacks had any money to pay this tax. Neither did poor whites either, for that matter. If payment of the tax was a requirement before a person could vote, the poll tax kept most blacks and poor whites, who were otherwise qualified to vote, from voting.
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How was poll tax used as a voting qualification?
A poll tax was used to keep African Americans from voting. Most African Americans did not have very high paying jobs and could not afford to vote. This assured that whites were the predominant race to participate in electing officials.
How was poll tax used as voting qualification?
A poll tax was used to keep African Americans from voting. Most African Americans did not have very high paying jobs and could not afford to vote. This assured that whites were the predominant race to participate in electing officials.
What kind of tax is a pole tax?
I think you mean a "poll" tax. "Poll" is a term often used to refer to voting. A poll tax would be a tax you paid for the privilege of voting. Poll taxes were often used in US history to keep the poor and minorities from voting. They are now illegal in the United States.
What legal action eliminated the poll tax?
The Poll Tax was abolished by the 24th Amendment to the U.S Constitution. The Poll Tax was a tax that citizens paid prior to voting. Often, the tax was used to prevent to the poor from voting, as they could not afford the tax.
A poll tax is a tax on?
In U.S. practice, a poll tax was a tax on the act of voting in an election and had to be paid before a citizen could cast a ballot.
Why was the Poll Tax outlawed?
The Poll Tax prevented people who did not have the money to spare to vote. It was a technique used to restrict voting.
How was a poll tax being used in the US up until 1964?
The poll tax was used as a way to prevent poor blacks and whites from voting.
Tax required before voting?
poll tax
What is a tax required before voting?
A poll tax is a tax required before voting. It was used primarily after the Civil War when the South taxed voters in an attempt to bar blacks and poor whites from voting.
What was the Poll Tax?
A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual. ... In the United States, voting poll taxes (whose payment was a precondition to voting in an election) have been used to disenfranchise impoverished and minority voters (especially under Reconstruction).
What is a pull tax?
I believe you mean a "poll" tax, which was a tax on voting, basically...
What was the tax meant to keep some people from voting?
The poll tax. (:
