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Poll taxes hurt low income African Americans because taxes were paid in order to?
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∙ 12y ago
pay for african's to eat corn bread and their mama's good southern cookin'
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoTo allow them to vote!
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What did the ku klux klan do diminish voting for African Americans?
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting
In order to disenfranchise African Americans southern states did what?
They made African Americans pass a test to prove they could read and write
Which saint found an order of sisters to care for native Americans and African Americans?
Saint Katharine Drexel
What describes how members of the Ku Klux Klan felt about the fact that African Americans had the right to vote?
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting.
How did radical white southerners oppose rights for african americans?
Radical white southerners did everything in their power to oppose rights for African Americans. Namely, the white southerners would African Americans to take tests and pay outrageous fees in order to vote.
Did some African Americans fight during the war in order to gain freedom?
yes:)
Did the lord in the bible order the murder of African people because of Christianity?
No, the Lord in the bible did not order the murder of the African people because of Christianity.
Did the lord in the bible order the murder of African people because of Christianity-?
No, the Lord in the Bible did not order the murder of the African people because of Christianity.
Why is the emancipation and the general order 143 are important today?
They have allowed African Americans to join the military.
Why were the litteracy tests abolished?
Literacy tests were abolished because they're unfair and racist. They were given to African Americans in order to prevent them from voting and enjoy other luxuries that whites had.
Why were the voting acts of 1965 passed?
They were passed in order to ensure that all African Americans had the right to vote.
Voting restrictions placed on African Americans in the south?
They did it in order to keep political power away from minoritys
