Question

During the Jim Crow era, southern states imposed poll taxes and literacy tests in order to
prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.
support the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment.
encourage citizens to vote in local elections.
discourage African Americans from attending school.

Answer 1

prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.

Explanation: Poll taxes and literacy tests were used as voter-suppression tools during Jim Crow to disenfranchise Black citizens despite the Fifteenth Amendment (often combined with grandfather clauses and intimidation).