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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.
No state has a suffrage qualification based on voter literacy true or false?
True. As of now, no state in the United States imposes a literacy test as a qualification for voting. Literacy tests were historically used to disenfranchise certain groups, particularly African Americans, but they were abolished with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and subsequent legislation. Today, all citizens have the right to vote regardless of their literacy levels.
What two voter qualifications were previously abolished?
Two voter qualifications that were previously abolished include literacy tests and poll taxes. Literacy tests were used to disenfranchise voters, particularly African Americans, by requiring them to demonstrate reading and writing skills, while poll taxes imposed a fee for voting, disproportionately affecting low-income individuals. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 and subsequent amendments helped eliminate these discriminatory practices, ensuring broader access to the electoral process.
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.
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.
Of the election practices did progressives argue for?
Literacy tests--APEXVS
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used to keep blacks from?
voting
