Blacks Were Kept from Exercising Their Rights in the South

question 46

Multiple Choice

Blacks were kept from exercising their rights in the South after Reconstruction by all of the following methods EXCEPT this one:

• A) grandfather clauses
• B) Jim Crow laws
• C) poll taxes
• D) literacy tests
• E) civil suits

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