Whites Created Restrictive Voting Measures for African Americans Under Jim

question 25

Multiple Choice

Whites created restrictive voting measures for African Americans under Jim Crow because ______.

• A) they were attempting to curtail voter fraud
• B) Black Americans had yet to obtain the right to vote
• C) they were hoping to create a more informed electorate
• D) Black people did not understand how to participate in the system
• E) they were threatened by Black political power during Reconstruction

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