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Why were the litteracy tests abolished?
Literacy tests were abolished because they're unfair and racist. They were given to African Americans in order to prevent them from voting and enjoy other luxuries that whites had.
What did southerner whites use to disenfranchise African Americans after the civil war?
poll taxes and literacy tests
What is the difference between the literacy tests given to the African Americans compared to those given to white?
African Americans and Whites are given exactly the same literacy tests.
What did some southern states require from African Americans?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
The purpose of the literacy tests that were used in the southern states after 1870 was to?
To discurage african Americans from voting
When were the literacy test abolished?
Literacy tests were abolished officially in 1965.
Why were the litteracy tests abolished?
Literacy tests were abolished because they're unfair and racist. They were given to African Americans in order to prevent them from voting and enjoy other luxuries that whites had.
How old would a person be now who was eighteen the year literacy tests were abolished?
If you are talking about literacy tests as a qualification for voting, that would depend on which state you are discussing. It happened at different times in different states. Most were gone by about 1910.
What did southerner whites use to disenfranchise African Americans after the civil war?
poll taxes and literacy tests
Literacy Tests?
This refers to state government practices of administering tests to prospective voters purportedly to test their literacy in order to vote. In practice, these tests were intended to disenfranchise African-Americans.
What election practices did progressive argue for?
literacy tests
What is the difference between the literacy tests given to the African Americans compared to those given to white?
African Americans and Whites are given exactly the same literacy tests.
Of the election practices did progressives argue for?
Literacy tests--APEXVS
How did the old laws against teaching slaves to read and write make a difference after the civil war?
They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting.
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used to keep blacks from?
voting
What is a grandfather clause and What is its purpose in literacy tests?
What is a grandfather clause, and what was its purpose
What is a grandfather clause and what was it purpose in literacy tests?
What is a grandfather clause, and what was its purpose
