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How were literacy tests used to disenfranchise voters?
Responses

They prevented people from voting by charging fees to be able to take the test.
They prevented people from voting by charging fees to be able to take the test. - no response given

They prevented people from voting as voters were not aware they had to prepare for the literacy tests.
They prevented people from voting as voters were not aware they had to prepare for the literacy tests. - no response given

They disqualified people from registering to vote based on the administrator’s interpretation of the person’s answers.
They disqualified people from registering to vote based on the administrator’s interpretation of the person’s answers. - no response given

They disqualified people from registering to vote by automatically failing Black people.
They disqualified people from registering to vote by automatically failing Black people. - no response given

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Correct answers: 3 and 4.

Explanation: Literacy tests were applied subjectively and discriminatorily — registrars could judge answers and fail applicants at will, and in practice white applicants were passed while Black applicants were routinely failed (or not even allowed to take meaningful tests). These methods, along with poll taxes and grandfather clauses, were used to disenfranchise Black voters until the Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned such practices.