RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE END OF RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ELECTION OF 1876
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Question
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After Reconstruction, many southern states enacted a poll tax, which was used to
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settle lawsuits filed by women rights’ groups
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collect funds to repair damages suffered during the Civil War.
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raise state revenue for the construction of factories.
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ensure poor African Americans could not afford to vote.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A poll tax is a tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources.
Detailed explanation-2: -Disfranchisement after the Reconstruction era in the United States, especially in the Southern United States, was based on a series of laws, new constitutions, and practices in the South that were deliberately used to prevent black citizens from registering to vote and voting.
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