Question

The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the?:

A. Twenty-fourth Amendment.
B. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
C. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
D. War on Poverty.

Answer 1

The correct answer is letter A. Twenty-fourth Amendment. The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the Twenty-fourth Amendment. The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, outlawed the use of the poll tax (or any other tax) as a pre-condition in voting in Federal elections.