THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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The ____ is a voting restriction that said African Americans could vote only if their grandfather was able to vote.
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Salesmanship
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Fundamentalism
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General Strike
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The Charleston
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Grandfather Clause
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Until the Supreme Court struck it down in 1915, many states used the “grandfather clause “ to keep descendents of slaves out of elections. The clause said you could not vote unless your grandfather had voted–an impossibility for most people whose ancestors were slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -It provided that those who had enjoyed the right to vote prior to 1866 or 1867, and their lineal descendants, would be exempt from recently enacted educational, property, or tax requirements for voting.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Grandfather Clause was a provision that allowed a voter to avoid a literacy test if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote on January 1st, 1867.
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