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What is a poll tax

Poll Tax-tax required before a person can vote!

for a+ls a tax voters had to pay in order to vote

Why were poll taxes created

Mainly as a way of preventing poor people- especially newly freed blacks in the South after the Civil War- from voting. If you're poor and have little/no money, you're not going to want to spend that money to pay a special tax just to be able to vote.

Who can veto certain laws written by congress if they are deemed unsatisfactory

president

What allows the public to make changes in policies related to the structure of government social policies and suffrage

the amendment process

When was the Twenty-seventh Amendment originally proposed

It was part of the original Bill of Rights, submitted to the states on September 25 1789. It wasn't ratified until May 7 1992 with the vote of Michigan.

Although the federal government allowed citizens to consume alcohol who had the power to regulate it

state and county governments

What is the purpose of the Twenty-fifth Amendment

The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities.

Which amendment grants the District of Columbia presidential electors

twenty-third amendment a+ls

During the prohibition era where did people purchase and consume alcohol

in speakeasies

Which is the only amendment that was used to repeal a previously ratified amendment

21st repealing the 18th

Of the following women who did not participate in the suffrage movement for women

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Why couldn't residents of Washington DC before 1961 vote in presidential elections

The district did not have any votes in the electoral college.

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