Question
What was one major effect of poll tax laws that the South passed after the Civil War?
A.
Funding to the Freedmen's Bureau greatly increased.
B.
Radical Republicans rose to power in the South.
C.
Formerly enslaved people who were poor were usually unable to vote.
D.
Many African Americans were elected to Congress.
A.
Funding to the Freedmen's Bureau greatly increased.
B.
Radical Republicans rose to power in the South.
C.
Formerly enslaved people who were poor were usually unable to vote.
D.
Many African Americans were elected to Congress.
Answers
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C. Formerly enslaved people who were poor were usually unable to vote.
Poll tax laws were enacted in many Southern states after the Civil War as a means to restrict voting rights, particularly for African Americans and poor individuals. These taxes effectively disenfranchised many formerly enslaved people who could not afford to pay the tax.
Poll tax laws were enacted in many Southern states after the Civil War as a means to restrict voting rights, particularly for African Americans and poor individuals. These taxes effectively disenfranchised many formerly enslaved people who could not afford to pay the tax.