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Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were all discriminatory practices used primarily in the southern United States to disenfranchise African American voters and, in some cases, poor white voters after the Reconstruction era. Poll taxes required individuals to pay a fee to vote, while literacy tests assessed reading and comprehension skills, often with unfair standards. Grandfather clauses allowed individuals to bypass these restrictions if their ancestors had the right to vote before the Civil War, effectively exempting many white voters while still disenfranchising Black citizens. Together, these measures reinforced systemic racism and inequality in the electoral process.
Poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause were discriminatory practices used primarily in the Southern United States to disenfranchise African American voters and, in some cases, poor white voters. Poll taxes required payment to vote, while literacy tests assessed reading and comprehension skills, often with unfair and confusing questions. The grandfather clause allowed individuals to bypass these requirements if their ancestors had been eligible to vote before the Civil War, effectively exempting many white voters while still disenfranchising Black citizens. Together, these measures aimed to maintain white supremacy and control over the political system.
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Jim Crow Laws
The whites used literacy tests and grandfather tests as well as poll taxes to discourage black voters.
The whites used literacy tests and grandfather tests as well as poll taxes to discourage black voters.
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They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.
They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.
Five instruments used historically to suppress voting among racial minorities include literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses, intimidation tactics, and gerrymandering. These methods were used to disenfranchise minority voters and limit their political power.
They authorized Jim Crow Laws that limited segregated freedmen (former slaves) from whites. Also, the made black codes that made blacks act a certain way. They made poll taxes and literacy test to stop blacks from voting.
The KKK used poll taxes, grandfather clauses, literacy tests, and scare tactics to set back progress.