USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This amendment said governments could not make paying a poll tax a condition for voting in federal elections. Because of this amendment, the government cannot make paying a tax, a requirement before you can vote
A
23rd amendment
B
15th amendment
C
26th amendment
D
24th amendment
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Twenty Fourth Amendment Act, 1971: The Constitution (24th Amendment) Act was passed on November 15, 1971. With this modification, the Supreme Court’s ruling in I.C. Golak Nath v. The State of Punjab, which held that Parliament does not in any manner curtail fundamental rights, would be overturned.

Detailed explanation-2: -Twenty-fourth Amendment, amendment (1964) to the Constitution of the United States that prohibited the federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election.

Detailed explanation-3: -On this date in 1962, the House passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86.

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