RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
RECONSTRUCTIONS EFFECTS ON AFRICAN AMERICANS
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Question
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Why did southern states adopt literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses?
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to encourage education and raise money
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to support Radical Reconstruction
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to keep African Americans from voting
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to segregate public places
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were all design to prevent blacks from voting. The goal was for the white population to retain political power. Immediately after the Civil War a number of Black Republicans were elected to Congress. This gave the Black population a great deal of political power.
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