Question

Which legal provision enabled illiterate white people to retain their voting rights in the South after
the Civil War?
(1 point)
black codes
grandfather clause
Jim Crow laws
poll tax

Answer 1

The legal provision that enabled illiterate white people to retain their voting rights in the South after the Civil War was the **grandfather clause**. This allowed individuals to bypass literacy tests and other voting restrictions if their grandfathers had been eligible to vote before the Civil War, effectively excluding many Black voters while protecting white voters, even if they were illiterate.