PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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Literacy tests and poll taxes were often used to keep African Americans from voting. Which amendment prevents poll taxes?
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1st Amendment
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4th Amendment
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24th Amendment
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Sixth Amendment
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Twenty-fourth Amendment, ratified in 1964, prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote on payment of a poll tax or any other type of tax.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1964 the Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibited the use of poll taxes. In 1965, the Voting Rights Act directed the Attorney General to enforce the right to vote for African Americans.
Detailed explanation-3: -A poll tax is a tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources.
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