What was the purpose of a poll tax?(1 point)

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Responses

to prevent African Americans from voting in elections
to prevent African Americans from voting in elections

to ensure that disenfranchised voters can vote in elections
to ensure that disenfranchised voters can vote in elections

to prevent sharecroppers from leaving their farms with unpaid debts
to prevent sharecroppers from leaving their farms with unpaid debts

to keep Republican governments out of southern states
to keep Republican governments out of southern states

Answer 1

The purpose of a poll tax was primarily to prevent African Americans from voting in elections. Poll taxes were used as a means to disenfranchise Black voters and poorer white voters, effectively limiting access to the electoral process after the Reconstruction era.