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What was the purpose of literacy tests for voters in southern states?
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∙ 14y ago
The literacy tests were designed to prevent voting by the majority of freed slaves and their descendants, in order to prevent them from influencing local elections where they represented a substantial number of the populace. These laws ultimately affected the succeeding generations and were eventually removed as unconstitutional.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 9y agoPoll taxes were to keep freed slaves and poor people from voting, Literacy text were to keep uneducated people and blacks who never had schooling (most blacks) from voting.
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∙ 7y agoThey were designed to prevent African Americans from voting.
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Which of the following did some Southern states require from African American voters?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
According to this excerpt why was the act necessary?
some southern states imposed literacy tests on african american voters
How did southern states restrict African American voting rights in the 1890?
Most Southern states, starting with Mississippi, tried many ways to block and restrict the voting rights of African American voters. Some of these ways included the requirement of literacy testing, poll taxes and the white primary.
What was Lincoln's ten percent plan?
C. To allow Southern states back in the Union if ten percent of the voters swore to be loyal L Southern states could set up new governments if ten percent of their voters made certain promises.
The Civil Rights Act did not allow discrimination in which area?
Outlawing of literacy test for voters.... damm i heate Anthropology...
What did some southern states require from African-American voters?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
What did some southern states required from African American voters?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
Which of the following did some Southern states require from African American voters?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
What tactics did southern states employ to disenfranchise black voters?
They made African Americans pass a literacy test..
According to this excerpt why was the act necessary?
some southern states imposed literacy tests on african american voters
This made literacy test illegal?
A literacy test has never been illegal in and of itself. Requiring voters to pass literacy tests in order to vote was declared unconstitutional. It is unconstitutional because all citizens have the right to vote, regardless of their level of literacy. But the main point was that southern states used these laws as a method to prevent black voters from participating.
How did southern states restrict African American voting rights in the 1890?
Most Southern states, starting with Mississippi, tried many ways to block and restrict the voting rights of African American voters. Some of these ways included the requirement of literacy testing, poll taxes and the white primary.
Which best states how Southern voters managed to secure a Southern capital?
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Did some southerners states require from African American voters?
poll taxes and literacy tests - apex
How did gilberto gerena valentine impact the elimination of the literacy test for voters in Puerto Rico?
elimination of the literacy test for voters
What two things did Southern legislators pass that made it extremely difficult for blacks to vote after Reconstruction?
* A voters poll tax* a required literacy test
What did southern states require from African American voters?
Nothing. They didn't let them vote.
