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The purpose of the literacy tests that were used in the southern states after 1870 was to?
To discurage african Americans from voting
Of the 13 states which was the first to grant the right to vote to some women and African Americans?
None. By 1965 voting rights laws the 50 states gave African Americans voting rights.
What played a major role in denying African Americans their civil rights?
southern whites used a variety of technique to stop african americans from voting
In some states these kept low-income African Americans from voting?
Poll taxes.
To keep African Americans from voting some southerners states charged a what to cast a ballot?
To keep African Americans from voting, some Southern states implemented poll taxes, which required individuals to pay a fee in order to cast a ballot. This financial barrier disproportionately affected African Americans and poor white voters, effectively disenfranchising them. Poll taxes were part of a broader system of Jim Crow laws designed to maintain racial segregation and suppress black political power in the South.
The purpose of the literacy tests that were used in the southern states after 1870 was to?
To discurage african Americans from voting
Why did this amendment require additional enforcement?
southern states created loopholes to prevent african americans from voting
African Americans voting?
When the 15th amendment was ratified, it gave African Americans men the legal right to vote as a United States citizen. The southern states fought against allow the men to vote until the Voting Rights Act was put into place.
How did the southern states prohibit African Americans from voting after Reconstruction ended?
they created poll taxes and literacy tests to stop African Americans from voting; the taxes succeeded because the newly freed African Americans had been forbidden to read as slaves, and had little, or no money to vote with.
Of the 13 states which was the first to grant the right to vote to some women and African Americans?
None. By 1965 voting rights laws the 50 states gave African Americans voting rights.
What played a major role in denying African Americans their civil rights?
southern whites used a variety of technique to stop african americans from voting
How did southern states keep African American from gaining political power?
The Southern states kept African Americans from gaining political power by denying them an education. They also passed laws to keep them down. They were not allowed to own property and most of them could not read or write.
In some states these kept low-income African Americans from voting?
Poll taxes.
What was the voting right act of 1964.?
The Voting Rights Act of 1964, was signed into law in August, 1965, making various tactics such as literacy tests and poll taxes as a condition for voting. The practices had been set in place by Southern states after the Civil War to deliberately take away the Constitutional voting rights of African Americans.
What are the grandfather clauses of?
ways to prevent african americans from voting.
What were what ways did the African Americans gain power in the south?
While the Fifteenth Amendment ensured that African-Americans could not be denied the right to vote simply because they were African-American, the southern states came up with various ways to disenfranchise blacks.
What are the grandfather clauses examples of?
ways to prevent african americans from voting.
