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What tactics did southern states employ to disenfranchise black voters?
They made African Americans pass a literacy test..
What happens if a person couldn't pass a literacy test?
If you are referring to the literacy test that the south gave to African American voters during the reconstruction period after the civil war, they were given a literacy test and, if they failed, they were denied their right to vote. Mind you, the tests were very, very difficult.
How did the literacy test operate to disenfranchise black voters?
typically they were illiterate because they didn't have access to education and were unable to pass a literacy test. ^^^^ sometimes the case, but the people who gave the test made the standerd for the literacy tests incredibly high for blacks. it made it nearly impossible for the blacks to vote.
Why did southern state governments create polls taxes literarcy test test and grandfather clauses?
Southern state governments implemented poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses primarily to disenfranchise Black voters and suppress the influence of poor white citizens following the Reconstruction era. These measures aimed to circumvent the protections granted by the 15th Amendment, ensuring that only those who could pay or meet certain educational criteria could vote. Grandfather clauses were specifically designed to exempt white voters from these restrictions while still disenfranchising Black voters, effectively maintaining white supremacy in the electoral process.
What were the poll tax literacy test and grandfather clause?
To limit voting by African Americans
How did gilberto gerena valentine impact the elimination of the literacy test for voters in Puerto Rico?
elimination of the literacy test for voters
What tactics did southern states employ to disenfranchise black voters?
They made African Americans pass a literacy test..
What happens if a person couldn't pass a literacy test?
If you are referring to the literacy test that the south gave to African American voters during the reconstruction period after the civil war, they were given a literacy test and, if they failed, they were denied their right to vote. Mind you, the tests were very, very difficult.
The Immigration Restriction League wanted Europeans to pass?
literacy test
How did the literacy test operate to disenfranchise black voters?
typically they were illiterate because they didn't have access to education and were unable to pass a literacy test. ^^^^ sometimes the case, but the people who gave the test made the standerd for the literacy tests incredibly high for blacks. it made it nearly impossible for the blacks to vote.
This made literacy test illegal?
A literacy test has never been illegal in and of itself. Requiring voters to pass literacy tests in order to vote was declared unconstitutional. It is unconstitutional because all citizens have the right to vote, regardless of their level of literacy. But the main point was that southern states used these laws as a method to prevent black voters from participating.
What two things did Southern legislators pass that made it extremely difficult for blacks to vote after Reconstruction?
* A voters poll tax* a required literacy test
The Civil Rights Act did not allow discrimination in which area?
Outlawing of literacy test for voters.... damm i heate Anthropology...
What exempted black voters from literacy test?
if the person's grandfather was a free man and they could prove it
Literacy Tests?
This refers to state government practices of administering tests to prospective voters purportedly to test their literacy in order to vote. In practice, these tests were intended to disenfranchise African-Americans.
What exam that people had to pass in order to vote?
You have to take a literacy test to be in order to vote
What book did immigrants from Ellis Island have to read to pass the literacy test?
mason is a beast
