PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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What was one of the barriers that prevented blacks from registering to vote?
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There were difficult tests that only the blacks were required to take.
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The voting polls for the blacks were too far away.
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The registration office was closed because of the protests.
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Blacks could only register to vote on Sundays and that’s when they were in church.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Poll taxes, literacy tests, fraud and intimidation all turned African Americans away from the polls. Until the Supreme Court struck it down in 1915, many states used the “grandfather clause “ to keep descendents of slaves out of elections.
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