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Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The Civil Rights Act did not allow discrimination in which area?
Outlawing of literacy test for voters.... damm i heate Anthropology...
Why were Southerners successful in using literacy tests to keep African-Americans from voting?
Literacy is knowing how to read, so if you don't know how to read you can't pass a literacy test. It was against the law to educate a slave. A person who doesn't know how to read, think critically, and solve problems makes it easier to keep as a slave. One of the first things Hitler did when he invaded Poland was close the schools and kill the teachers. He wanted the people of Poland to be slaves. It was the same way in American slavery, so the literacy test was a means to keep people from voting even though they had the right to vote.
Why did literacy test keep former slaves from voting?
Because they were never taught to read, therefore having no chance whatsoever to vote.
What was the poll tax and literacy test?
The poll tax and the literacy tests were methods used to prevent certain classes of people from voting.The poll tax, aimed at lower socioeconomic classes, was a tax one had to pay in order to vote.The literacy test, generally implemented against African Americans pre Civil Rights movement, was a test whose alleged purpose was to determine that a voter could read the ballot; however many times authorities would give prospective voters foreign reading materials in order to ensure they weren't allowed to vote.
Why were southerners successful in using literacy test to keep African American from voting?
Most African Americans had not learned to read while they were slaves.
What law declared predatory conduct illegal?
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 criminalized predatory conduct in the United States, specifically prohibiting anticompetitive practices, such as monopolies and anti-competitive agreements. This law aimed to promote fair competition and protect consumers from abusive business tactics.
This eliminated the literacy test and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters denied suffrage by local officials?
Voting act of 1965
The Immigration Restriction League wanted Europeans to pass?
literacy test
What is a literacy test?
A test required for voting.
When were the literacy test abolished?
Literacy tests were abolished officially in 1965.
How did gilberto gerena valentine impact the elimination of the literacy test for voters in Puerto Rico?
elimination of the literacy test for voters
Who were literacy test targets?
the people
Which of the following kept freed slaves from voting in the southa. Poll taxB.CarpetbaggersC.ScalawagsD. Literacy test?
Literacy Test cuz they couldnt read
What is the literacy tes?
The literacy test was a requirement for voting in the United States, used to disenfranchise Black voters in the southern states during the Jim Crow era. It was designed to be unfairly difficult and subjective, with the goal of preventing African Americans from exercising their right to vote. The test was eventually outlawed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
What happens if a person couldn't pass a literacy test?
If you are referring to the literacy test that the south gave to African American voters during the reconstruction period after the civil war, they were given a literacy test and, if they failed, they were denied their right to vote. Mind you, the tests were very, very difficult.
What act eliminated voter literacy tests in areas of poor voter turnout?
Indian act or pig removal act
Why did voters have to pass a literacy test?
The literacy test basically says: Prove that you can speak English. If someone can't then we will be letting those who cannot communicate with us into our country
