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4. Why did Southern states use poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses as Reconstruction came to an end?

to maintain Republican control of state governments
to keep poor white Southerners from voting
to keep African Americans from voting to ensure voters would remain loyal to the Union

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i think it's the third one
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