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It depends on the state. Florida was the first state to adopt the poll tax in 1889, and other southern states subsequently followed. Poll taxes, coupled with literacy tests, were measures used to prevent those with low income from voting, as well as African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants.
The only source I can find with an exact number is on Wikipedia, where there is a picture of a check made in the year of 1917 for one dollar to the state of Louisiana as payment of a poll tax. Keep in mind, however, that a dollar back in those days was worth a lot more to the people than it is today, especially those who were in poor financial situations.
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Late 1800s poll taxes were used to?
To prevent blacks form voting
How did poll taxes limit citizens' rights to liberty in the late 1800s?
The poll taxes prevented black males from voting and denied them a voice in the government.
How did southerners keep former slaves from voting?
they made the poll tax law, literacy lawand the grandfather clause to prevent MOST freed black men from voting
What was required for slaves to vote during reconstruction?
They had to pay a high poll tax and if they could pay that they had to pass an almost impossible test.
How much money did blacksmiths make in the 1800s?
alot
How does poll tax work?
Poll tax works by the PMs and MPs. They decide how much money the poll tax is, in terms of working and doing other jobs.
What tax was outlawed by the 24th amendment?
the Poll tax
What is a tax on voters?
In the constitution, Tax on voters is called Poll tax
What kind of tax is a poll tax?
A Poll tax is a direct tax. A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income).
What term refers to a tax that people have to pay before being allowed to vote?
A fixed tax to be paid before a person could vote was and is called a poll tax. Because it is a fixed amount per person, it could also be called a Head Tax.
What is poll tax?
The poll tax, a capital tax levied equally on every adult in the community.
Who made poll tax?
Benjamin Franklin was the first who had started the poll tax
When did Poll Tax Riots happen?
Poll Tax Riots happened in 1990.
What was poll tax during Reconstruction?
The poll tax was proof that tax payments were made. Poll taxes were required in many Southern states in order to vote.
A poll tax is tax on?
A poll tax was used to give people the ability to vote. The poll tax is no longer used in the U.S. The 24th Amendment ended it on January 23, 1964.
What does End of poll tax mean?
When the time for ending the poll tax comes for the year.
What did the poll tax work against?
the poll tax worked against black code
