Why did Southem states use poll taxes, literacy fests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end? (1 point)

Question

to maintain Republican control of state governments

to keep poor white Southerners from voting

to keep African Americans from voting

to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union

Answer 1

Southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses primarily to keep African Americans from voting. These measures were enacted as part of Jim Crow laws to effectively disenfranchise black voters and maintain white supremacy in the post-Reconstruction South.