A Device Used in Texas to Prevent Many Lower-Income Persons

question 24

Multiple Choice

A device used in Texas to prevent many lower-income persons and blacks from voting during much of the twentieth century was the

• A) grandfather clause.
• B) good character test.
• C) poll tax.
• D) white primary.

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