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Following the announcement of black male suffrage, efforts were redoubled to prevent them from exercising this right of citizenship. The first way was focused intimidation most often by regular citizens blinded by racism and crazed motivation to keep white supremacy in place. Racist terrorist groups such as the KKK were formed, to offer blacks a choice of either not voting or suffering violence or death. Other methods were institutional such as a "Poll tax", an illegal charge levied by election boards and required to be "Eligible to vote". It should be noted, this affected poor white males as well as blacks. In addition, certain reading or citizenship tests to test eligibility to vote. Since prior to the end of the Civil War, it had been against the law to teach a slave to read, this eliminated most black males.
They just werent allowed into the buildings where people could cast their votes.
In some places they were required to pay a special Poll Tax, that most could not afford. In other places they had to show they could read at a level that the educational system did not always get them to. In some places, men wearing hoods and carrying guns and torches simply prevented them from going to town on election day.
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Blacks in the South were restricted from voting because they were likely to be beaten or fired if the even tried to register. Sometimes, they were made to take tests that they could not complete or made to pay a poll tax that they could not afford.
They were given insanely hard writing and literacy tests to pass to vote and it cost money to vote and blacks couldn't afford the cost
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How did the Ku KLux Klan's use of terror interfere with the election of the South?
It prevented/discouraged voting by Blacks and Republicans.
How did the ku klux klan use of terror interfere with election in the south?
It prevented/discouraged voting by Blacks and Republicans.
What kind of tax prevented many blacks from voting?
Poll taxes
What rights outlawed barriers that prevented blacks from casting ballots?
The Voting Rights Act, signed in 1965, overcame the barriers that prevented blacks from voting. The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution denied federal and state governments from preventing citizens from voting but did not go far enough.
What was passed to protect voting rights for blacks in the south?
Balls
Which amendment ensured voting rights for blacks in the South?
15th amendment
What was the anti-Klan law?
This was a law that strengthened punishments for those who prevented blacks from voting. It was passed between May 1870 and February 1871.
What prevented the millions of African Americans from voting in the south?
White people
What act was passed by congress to protect the voting rights of blacks in the south?
Enforcement Act of 1870
What act passed by congress to protect the voting rights of blacks in the south?
civil rights act 1866
What is a tax required before voting?
A poll tax is a tax required before voting. It was used primarily after the Civil War when the South taxed voters in an attempt to bar blacks and poor whites from voting.
Which best characterizes African American voting rights in the South between the end of the Civil War and the end of the 19th century?
Despite all the efforts involved with the US Reconstruction era, voting rights for Blacks and former Black slaves was dismal. Even after passing the 14th and 15th amendments to the US Constitution, by the end of the 19th century, Blacks did not have a real "voice" in elections, more so in the South. Blacks execised their voting rights much better in the North.
