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Why did Southern states use poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end? (1 point) Res...Question
Why did Southern states use poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end?(1 point)
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to maintain Republican control of state governments
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep African Americans from voting
to keep African Americans from voting
to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union
Responses
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to maintain Republican control of state governments
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep African Americans from voting
to keep African Americans from voting
to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union
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Southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses primarily **to keep African Americans from voting**. These measures were implemented to circumvent the 14th and 15th Amendments, which aimed to provide voting rights to formerly enslaved individuals, and to maintain white supremacy in the political system following Reconstruction.