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Low income citizens cannot afford to pay the poll taxes.
If they don't pay poll taxes, they can't vote.
Incidentally, poll taxes have been outlawed in the United States.
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Why did poll taxes hurt low income African-Americans?
A poll tax was a fee required to vote. A person who who could not or did not want to pay the fee could not vote. Poll taxes discouraged ex-slaves from voting.
Poll taxes hurt low income African Americans because taxes were paid in order to?
pay for african's to eat corn bread and their mama's good southern cookin'
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.
What kept low income African Americans from voting?
poll taxes
In some states these kept low-income African Americans from voting?
Poll taxes.
Did many southern states use literacy tests and poll taxes to prevent black citizens from voting?
Ten Southern states implemented literacy tests and poll taxes to disenfranchise black citizens. These were done effectively through the passage of the Black Codes.
Many southern states used literacy test and poll taxes to prevent citizens from voting?
true
How did the twenty-fourth amendment expand voting right?
The "poll tax" is now considered unconstitutional.
Many southern states used literacy tests and poll taxes to prevent black citizens from voting.?
true
Why were some people unhappy about poll tax?
Most forms of taxes allow for some flexibility about who pays what. Income taxes are intended to tax people according to their income (although of course there are many tax loopholes). Sales taxes apply when you buy certain types of things, and you have the option of not buying those things if they are too expensive. A poll tax, however, simply requires everybody to pay the same tax. It is just a tax on being a citizen. Rich and poor citizens pay the same. Thus, it will be a hardship for some people.
What affected voter turnout among African American citizens in 1960s?
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause.
What was prohibited under the Twenty-fourth Amendment?
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
