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The __________________________ clause allowed many white Americans to avoid paying the poll tax and completing the literacy tests.

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The Grandfather Clause allowed many white Americans to avoid paying the poll tax and completing the literacy tests

Step-by-step explanation:

It's called the grandfather clause because they used to use descendance and ancestry to decide if you were eligible to vote :)

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