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abern

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What was a tactic used for nearly one hundred years following the Civil War that required that a citizen prove he/she could read and write as a prerequisite to voting? It was intended as a method to deny suffrage to most African-Americans and other poor citizens.
 
  a. literacy test
  b. poll tax
  c. General Equivalency Exam
  d. naturalization exam
  e. standardized testing

Question 2

A tactic that was legal until challenged late in the twentieth century that required individual citizens to pay a fee before being allowed to vote was
 
  a. the literacy tax.
  b. the poll tax.
  c. franchise payment.
  d. revenue adjustment.
  e. legal extortion.


Meganchabluk

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B


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