Question
Why did Southern states use poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end?(1 point)
Responses
to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to keep African Americans from voting
Responses
to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to keep African Americans from voting
Answers
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The correct response is:
**to keep African Americans from voting.**
Southern states employed poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as means to disenfranchise African American voters and suppress their political power following Reconstruction.
**to keep African Americans from voting.**
Southern states employed poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as means to disenfranchise African American voters and suppress their political power following Reconstruction.