VOTING RESTICRIONS

MAIN POINTS

• Poll tax
• Literacy test
• Grandfather clauses

SOUTHERNERS PLAN

• The south tried to keep the African Americans
• And the poor whites from voting.

POLL TAX

• It was a fee to be able to vote.
• Most African Americans couldn't pay
• Pay it so they couldn't vote.

THE LITERACY TEST

• They had to read and explain difficult in both state and federal constitutions
• Most African Americans have little education
• It prevented many from voting

GRANDFATHER CLAUSES

• These laws allowed them to vote if they didn't pass the test
• If their fathers or grandfathers vote before reconstruction
• Because African Americans can't vote until 1867

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