Question

Base your answer to the question below on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies."[The registrar] brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section of the constitution of Mississippi, . . . I could copy it like it was in the book, but after I got through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of the section I had copied. Well, I flunked out." Source: A History of the United States since 1861The main intent of the literacy test described in the passage was to _______.

Answer 1

The main focus of literacy test to prevent African Americans from performing basic right

Step-by-step explanation:

The main focus of literacy test to prevent African Americans from performing basic right

Literacy tests and poll taxes are effective strategies used to African-Americans in southern states to restrict voting. Grandfather clauses were introduced as a way of allowing poor, poorly educated, white southerners to cast their vote on the basis of their grandfathers ' voting history despite test and taxes.