A Grandfather Clause Is a

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Multiple Choice

A grandfather clause is a

• A) form of disenfranchisement in which potential voters must demonstrate the ability to read as a condition for registering to vote.
• B) fee charged as a condition of registering to vote, which disenfranchises the impoverished, especially African Americans.
• C) policy designed to disenfranchise Blacks by exempting Whites who had been able to vote at the end of the Civil War, but not Blacks, from various voting restrictions.
• D) measure to increase voting rights for racial and ethnic minority groups.

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