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Which states used poll taxes?
All the southern states
What was poll tax during Reconstruction?
The poll tax was proof that tax payments were made. Poll taxes were required in many Southern states in order to vote.
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.
What was prohibited under the Twenty-fourth Amendment?
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
Did many southern states use literacy tests and poll taxes to prevent black citizens from voting?
Ten Southern states implemented literacy tests and poll taxes to disenfranchise black citizens. These were done effectively through the passage of the Black Codes.
Which states used poll taxes?
All the southern states
Why do poll taxes hurt low income citizens?
Low income citizens cannot afford to pay the poll taxes. If they don't pay poll taxes, they can't vote. Incidentally, poll taxes have been outlawed in the United States.
States could not use poll taxes to deny a person the right to vote according to which amendent?
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution bars the use of poll taxes. This makes it illegal in all states to use poll taxes and the non-payment of such taxes to keep anyone from voting. The amendment therefore stops any and all use of poll taxes.
What was poll tax during Reconstruction?
The poll tax was proof that tax payments were made. Poll taxes were required in many Southern states in order to vote.
In some states these kept low-income African Americans from voting?
Poll taxes.
What did some southern states require from African Americans?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
States could not use poll taxes to deny a person the right to vote according to which amendment?
The 24th Amendment stated poll taxes could not be used to deny a person the right to vote.
The 24th amendment abolished what?
The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
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.
What was prohibited under the Twenty-fourth Amendment?
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
What did some southern states require from African-American voters?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
What did some southern states required from African American voters?
Poll taxes and literacy tests
