Question

What was the purpose of a poll tax?(1 point) Responses To keep Republican governments out of southern states. To keep Republican governments out of southern states. To prevent African Americans from voting in elections. To prevent African Americans from voting in elections. To prevent sharecroppers from leaving their farms with unpaid debts. To prevent sharecroppers from leaving their farms with unpaid debts. To ensure that disenfranchised voters could vote in elections.

Answer 1

The purpose of a poll tax was primarily **to prevent African Americans from voting in elections**. Poll taxes were used as a means to disenfranchise Black voters and often poor white voters, especially in the Southern United States, as they imposed a financial barrier to voting.