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The effort to register African Americans in the south to vote was known as?
Freedom Summer i believe.
Why did the African Americans have to pay a poll tax?
they could vote.
What did grandfather clauses mean to African-Americans who wanted to vote?
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
How did FDR get African Americans to change their party?
He didn't. They couldn't vote. It wasn't until the 1960's that African Americans could vote because of the voting rights act.
How members of the Ku Klux Klan felt about the fact that African Americans had the right to vote?
They used threats and violence in order to prevent African Americans from voting.
The effort to register African Americans in the south to vote was known as?
Freedom Summer i believe.
What did the poll tax for literacy tests do?
Stopped African Americans from being able to register to vote.
What was the Freedom Summer about?
The Freedom Summer was a public campaign to help register African Americans to vote in the deep south in the summer of 1964.
What did grandfather clauses mean to African Americans who wanted to vote?
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
What year was the 15th ammedment passed?
It was ratified on February 3, 1870, but it took the Voting Rights Act of 1965 for most African Americans could register to vote.
Why did the African Americans have to pay a poll tax?
they could vote.
Could African Americans vote before the civil war?
no
What kind of boundaries were placed on African Americans?
they could not vote
What did the voting rights act of 1965 provide?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965: under the act > (1) ferderal officials could register African Americans as voters since southern voter registration boards refused to, and (2) it effectively eliminated literacy tests and other barriers for them > WHY? > so that African Americans could register to vote in the Deep South
What did grandfather clauses mean to African-Americans who want to vote?
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
What did grandfather clauses mean to African Americans who wanted vote?
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
What did grandfather clauses mean to African-Americans who wanted to vote?
They could not vote if their grandfather had not been allowed to vote.
