Question

• Poll taxes

• Literacy tests
• Threatened violence
The measures in the list above all existed in Southern states in order to undermine the content of
A the 15th Amendment.
B the Emancipation Proclamation.
C the 13th Amendment.
D the Gettysburg Address.

Answer 1

Poll taxes, literacy tests and threatened violence were all measures that existed in Southern states in order to undermine the content of A) the 15th Amendment. This was due to the South having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that they were obligated to give African-Americans equal voting rights. The above were both harsha and offensive tactics used against former slaves, so that they were unable to vote.

Answer 2

A. The 15th Amendment.

The 15th Amendment (1870) was the law that granted African American men the right to vote for the first time in the U.S. Ever since it was enacted, Southern states tried to put conditions and obstacles to deny them such right. For example, election officials imposed black people poll taxes, they'd tell them that they had gotten the date, time or polling place wrong, that they had filled out an application incorrectly or they had to recite the whole Constitution or to take literacy tests in order to be allowed to vote. To threaten them with violence was also common.