The 1800s · Question 12 of 12
By what means were African Americans in the South kept from voting after Reconstruction?
2 answers are correct. Hard
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Answer
- B Literacy tests for voters
- C Poll taxes
Explanation
Although the 15th Amendment prohibited exclusion because of race, Southern states kept Black citizens from voting with literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clauses and intimidation. The 24th Amendment (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965) removed these barriers.