Question

What was the effect of the use of literacy tests throughout the South after the U.S. Civil War?

A) women were denied the right to vote
B) an increase in voter turnout by African Americans
C) the poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote
D) an increase in the power of the Republican Party in the South

Answer 1

Literacy tests were primarily used in the American South after the Civil War and resulted in the poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote. Yes, this violated the 15th Amendment, but the violation was not seriously addressed by the Federal government until the 1960s.

Answer 2

C) the poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote