RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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What was as effect of Southern poll tax laws?
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African Americans were denied voting rights.
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Money was raised to fund public education.
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Public funding of small businesses increased.
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Southern Democrats were voted out of office.
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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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