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Why do you pay poll taxes?

Poll taxes are per capita (per person) taxes, usually used for local finance. In the UK, the poll tax of the late 1980's (a form of property tax) was called the Community Charge.In the US, the poll tax was a fee charged for voting, designed to reduce the electoral participation of poor people (mostly African Americans). These taxes have been declared unconstitutional.


Which states used poll taxes?

All the southern states


What were literacy tests and poll taxes used to keep blacks from?

voting


What technique was used to prevent black people from voting?

poll taxes


Which term refers to the tax people have to pay before being allowed to vote?

This was called a poll tax and has not been around for decades. Historically, poll taxes have been methods used to keep poorer people from voting.


Literacy test and poll taxes were often used to do what?

They were used to prevent African-Americans from voting.


How did poll taxes deny poor Americans the opportunity to vote?

Poll taxes were not meant to keep the poor from voting, although that was a unintended consequence. Poll taxes were used to keep African-Americans from voting. What made the practice especially egregious was the fact that many Southern states passed laws that exempted most whites from paying the poll tax.


States could not use poll taxes to deny a person the right to vote according to which amendment?

The 24th Amendment stated poll taxes could not be used to deny a person the right to vote.


What groups affected of poll taxes?

Poll taxes historically affected marginalized groups such as African Americans and poor white Americans. These taxes were used as a tool to disenfranchise and discourage these groups from voting by requiring payment in order to participate in elections.


Which group did poll taxes affect?

Poll taxes primarily affected African Americans in the southern United States during the Jim Crow era. These taxes were used as a means to disenfranchise and prevent African Americans from voting by requiring them to pay a fee in order to cast their vote.


What were new uses of steel in the late 1800s?

Lol To be used as steel :)


What were some of the ways that people in power restricted poor people from voting in the US in the 19th century?

Voting was not only difficult or impossible for blacks in the 1800s, but also to the very poor. Poll taxes and literacy tests were used to prevent poor people from voting.