Asked by Chuck Bass

Literacy tests and poll taxes were used to .

prevent black Americans from voting

qualify people to run for office

segregate blacks and whites in public accommodations

determine what school a child should attend

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
prevent black Americans from voting

They were tools of Jim Crow-era disenfranchisement: literacy tests and poll taxes were used to keep African Americans (and many poor whites) from voting despite the 15th Amendment.