What device(s) did states use effectively to deny the right to vote to african-americans in the 1800s?
A.grandfather clauses
B.literacy tests
C.poll taxes
D.all of the above
2007-04-30 06:59:00 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
D
2007-04-30 07:01:36 · answer #1 · answered by Lieberman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
poll tax - require voters to pay a tax (that most freedmen could not afford)
literacy tests - require voters to pass a reading test before voting (since blacks had been denied the right to education for generations, most could not read)
grandfather clauses - exempting (white) voters whose grandfathers had been eligible to vote kept poor, illiterate whites from being disenfranchised by these new measures
The answer is D.
2007-04-30 14:55:18 · answer #2 · answered by jimbob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D) All of the above.
2007-04-30 14:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by Ardnaid Janus: Foosball Empress 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D - all of the above
2007-04-30 14:02:18 · answer #4 · answered by John B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋