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What groups were affected by The use of poll taxes affected?
poor whites and african americans
The use of poll taxes affected which of the fooling groups?
Poor whites and African Americans
How did poll taxes deny poor Americans the opportunity to vote?
Poll taxes were not meant to keep the poor from voting, although that was a unintended consequence. Poll taxes were used to keep African-Americans from voting. What made the practice especially egregious was the fact that many Southern states passed laws that exempted most whites from paying the poll tax.
Which of the following did Southern whites use to disfranchise African Americans after the Civil War?
The implementation of poll taxes was used to legally prevent poor blacks and quite often poor whites from voting. The tax was to be paid as a prerequisite to casting a ballot. This was later made unconstitutional by the 24th amendment. poll taxes and literacy tests.
What was the effect of poll taxes on the south?
many African Americans could not afford the tax, so they couldn't vote. poor whites were in the same situation.
