Why did local Southern governments use literacy tests and poll taxes?

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Olaf Kock · Answer 1 · 2017-05-19T19:27:28+0000

this was used to try and limit the voting to the wealthy white man and to not allow poor or blacks to vote in elections. this way the power would stay in the hands of the rich

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