The purpose of a poll tax was primarily to prevent African Americans from voting in elections. Poll taxes were used as a means of disenfranchisement, particularly in the southern United States, by imposing a financial barrier that many African Americans and poor people could not afford to pay.
What was the purpose of a poll tax?
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to prevent African Americans from voting in elections
to prevent African Americans from voting in elections
to keep Republican governments out of southern states
to keep Republican governments out of southern states
to ensure that disenfranchised voters can vote in elections
to ensure that disenfranchised voters can vote in elections
to prevent sharecroppers from leaving their farms with unpaid debts
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