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Laws against African Americans. These laws were made by democrats at the end of the civil war.
One method was the poll tax - for the most part, blacks couldn't afford it. Another was literacy tests (white voters were given much easier versions). A third was laws restricting voting rights to those whose grandfathers had been eligible to vote - hence the term, "grandfather clause."
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How was the poll tax used as a voting qualifications?
A poll tax was used to keep African Americans from voting. Most African Americans did not have very high paying jobs and could not afford to vote. This assured that whites were the predominant race to participate in electing officials.
Why did southern state governments create poll taxes literacy test and grandfather clauses?
To Women African-American’s right to vote
What tactics use to intimidate African-Americans and whites who supported African-Americans?
There were many horrible tactics used to intimidate African Americans and the non-African Americans who supported them. There were fiery crosses burned in yards, bricks thrown through windows, and people beaten.
What were literacy tests and poll taxes used to keep blacks from?
voting
What techniques was used to prevent blacks from voting in the South during the late 19th century?
Literacy tests were used to prevent African-Americans from voting, grandfather clauses were enacted into law which only allowed someone to vote if their grandfather could vote, and states enacted poll taxes which did not allow people, usually black or poor whites, to vote if they could not pay the tax.
