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28 June, 23:03

How did the south try to deny African American voting rights?

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  1. 28 June, 23:04
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    Southern governments implemented a series of devices that would stop African-American citizens from voting including:

    1) Poll Taxes - This was a certain amount of money an individual had to pay in order to vote. Many African-Americans could not afford these taxes.

    2) Grandfather Clauses - This was a law that essentially stated that you were only able to vote if your grandfather voted. When this was first implemented, many African-American citizens were slaves before or their family members were slaves.

    3) Literacy tests - These near impossible tests were based on a person's ability to read and write. This was effective when first implemented because many African-Americans did not have formal schooling due to their status as slaves before the end of the Civil War.
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