Question

Read this amendment and answer the question that follows: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax."—Twenty-fourth Amendment What was the effect of this amendment? It stopped states from preventing former slaves and poor people from voting. It stopped any state from disallowing women to vote in national elections. It allowed any state to charge a fee to someone who wished to vote. It allowed states to limit who could vote by age, gender, or race.

Answer 1

The answer is the first option: It stopped states from preventing former slaves and poor people from voting.

The Southern states that once belonged to the Confederate States of America adopted poll taxes as a means of preventing poor white people and African-Americans from voting. The Twenty-Fourth Amendment had as its goal to stop such impediment from taking place and conceding all men the right to vote. The amendment was proposed in 1962 and ratified in 1964.