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The poll tax. Counties get most of their money by taxing the land, property taxes, based on its valuation. But this tax hits the poor only indirectly. Usually the poor own little land, being tenant farmers or share-croppers. Its the land owner who gets the tax bill. So the poll tax is a tax on polls, or heads. It was not a huge amount, but the poor could not spare even that small sum. The popll tax is a tax on persons, which raises some money for the county, but another "virtue" is that non-payment of the poll tax could be used to prevent the delinquent taxpayer from voting.
After the Civil War this strategy was also applied against blacks, most of whom were poor and owned no land.
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What was the purpose of literacy test and poll taxes?
The intent was to keep poor and uneducated people, especially Negroes in the South, from voting.
What is the purpose of a poll tax and literacy test?
I'm not sure about the KKK part but the purpose of poll tax and literacy test were restrictions to voting. A poll tax was a fee you had to pay to vote and poor people could not afford it. The literacy test made you read and explain a section of the Constitution, and most poor people did not get any education so they would not pass it. Sorry i don't know about the actions of the KKK.
How did laws against teaching slaves to read and write make a difference after the civil war?
They made literacy tests an easy way to prevent freed slaves from voting...apex
What is a poll tax?
discriminatory
How did the tacks tax become international problem in the puscart war?
The Tacks Tax was a tax on tax after the discovery of the "Pea-Tacks" found in truck tires during the Peashooter Campaign during the Pustcart War. If you want to know more about the Tacks Tax read, The Pushcart War by Jean Merril.
