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How did poll taxes restrict voting rights?
The blacks couldn't afford the tax
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.
Many southern states used literacy tests and poll taxes to prevent black citizens from voting.?
true
Which of the following did Southern whites use to disfranchise African Americans after the Civil War?
The implementation of poll taxes was used to legally prevent poor blacks and quite often poor whites from voting. The tax was to be paid as a prerequisite to casting a ballot. This was later made unconstitutional by the 24th amendment. poll taxes and literacy tests.
True or false many southern states used literacy tests and poll taxes to prevent black citizens from voting?
True
Late 1800s poll taxes were used to?
To prevent blacks form voting
What were literacy tests and poll taxes often used for?
They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used to keep blacks from?
voting
What kind of tax prevented many blacks from voting?
Poll taxes
How did poll taxes restrict voting rights?
The blacks couldn't afford the tax
What requirement kept blacks from voting?
They had to pay poll taxes and the Grandfather Clause restricted many from voting.
What was the impact of literacy test and poll taxes in Georgia?
They kept blacks and poor whites from voting
What technique was used to prevent black people from voting?
poll taxes
Poll taxes were designed to?
prevent poor african americans from voting
What were poll taxes?
Poll taxes were taxes that had to be paid by registered voters. The courts decided it was illegal as the poorer people could not afford it and this prevented them from voting. Blacks could generally not afford the tax.
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
The 24th Amendment ratified in 1964 eliminated the use of poll taxes in federal elections. Poll taxes had been used to prevent which group of people from voting?
The 24th Amendment eliminated poll taxes in federal elections primarily to prevent African Americans and poor individuals from voting. Poll taxes were used as a discriminatory practice to disenfranchise these groups, particularly in Southern states, where systemic racism and economic barriers were prevalent. By abolishing poll taxes, the amendment aimed to promote equal voting rights and enhance democratic participation.
