Why Did Southern States Enact Poll Taxes

question 68

Multiple Choice

Why did southern states enact poll taxes?

• A) to raise revenue for the government
• B) to ensure that only people who really want to vote would do so
• C) to get around the Fifteenth Amendment
• D) to enfranchise former slaves
• E) because literacy is necessary for democracy to function

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