Multiple choice

What do the poll tax, grandfather clause and literacy test have in common?

  1. They were all methods used to prevent blacks from voting

  2. They were federal laws intended to protect blacks

  3. They were federal laws designed to punish ex-Confederates

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Explanation

Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses were discriminatory tools used by Southern states to circumvent the 15th Amendment and disenfranchise Black voters.