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The verb has one meaning: to deprive of voting rights

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In order to disenfranchise African Americans southern states did what?

They made African Americans pass a test to prove they could read and write


What enabled Southern states to enact measures to disenfranchise African-American and keep blacks and white separate?

Answer: the removal of federal troops from the south


What did southerner whites use to disenfranchise African Americans after the civil war?

poll taxes and literacy tests


What type of crime takes your right to vote?

Those in prison on felony convictions cannot vote in 46 states In addition, the District of Columbia. Thirty-two states also disenfranchise felons on parole; twenty-nine disenfranchise those on probation. And, due to laws that may be unique in the world, in fourteen states even ex-offenders who have fully served their sentences remain barred for life from voting. a felony


How did white southerners take away African Americans' right to vote and adopt Jim Crow segregation laws at the end of the nineteenth century?

White southerners implemented a series of discriminatory practices to disenfranchise African Americans and enforce Jim Crow segregation laws after the Reconstruction era. They introduced literacy tests, poll taxes, and understanding clauses, which were designed to circumvent the 15th Amendment and effectively disenfranchise black voters. Additionally, violence and intimidation from groups like the Ku Klux Klan further suppressed African American participation in elections. These measures institutionalized racial segregation and inequality throughout the South.