RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA
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Question
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Poll taxes and literacy tests were methods to try to discourage African Americans for doing what?
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vote
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run for office
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buy property
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live in the city
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -State legislatures employed literacy tests as part of the voter registration process starting in the late 19th century. Literacy tests, along with poll taxes, residency and property restrictions, and extra-legal activities (violence and intimidation) were all used to deny suffrage to African Americans.
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