Question

How were literacy tests used to disenfranchise voters?(1 point)
Responses

They disqualified people from registering to vote by automatically failing Black people.
They disqualified people from registering to vote by automatically failing Black people.

They disqualified people from registering to vote based on the administrator's interpretation of the person's answers, which often led to Black people especially being disqualified.
They disqualified people from registering to vote based on the administrator's interpretation of the person's answers, which often led to Black people especially being disqualified.

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.

They prevented people from voting as voters were not aware they had to prepare for the literacy tests.

Answer 1

They disqualified people from registering to vote based on the administrator's interpretation of the person's answers, which often led to Black people especially being disqualified.

(Officials graded tests subjectively or gave impossible questions so Black applicants were routinely failed.)