Question

Explain the meanings of the terms by using them in a sentence.
a. literacy test b. poll tax

Answer 1

Poll tax: tax required before a person can vote
Literacy test: The literacy test was a device to restrict the total number of immigrants while not offending the large element of ethnic voters.

Answer 2

Literacy tests and poll taxes were both used to prevent African Americans from voting, literacy tests were written tests to determine how smart a person was so if you weren't properly educated you couldn't vote., and poll taxes were used to get people to pay to vote so if you were poor you couldn't vote either.

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