Question

Which of the following strategies were used to disenfranchise black Georgians in the early 1900s?

A) Poll tax, literacy test, white primary
B) Poll tax, white primary, voting rights act
C) General elections, Fifteenth Amendment, poll tax
D) Grandfather clause, white primary, Fifteenth Amendment

Answer 1

A) Poll tax, literacy test, white primary

Step-by-step explanation:

Whenever an African American turned out to cast a vote, they were given a literacy test, which most failed. They would then be asked to complete a form, and later told they could not vote because the form had been completed incorrectly. Alternatively, in the South, voting officials asked African Americans to recite the constitution or explain complex provisions and amendments in the constitution before being allowed to vote. The majority asked could not recite or explain these parts of the constitution. It was not until 1965 that a law allowing African Americans to vote and preventing racial discrimination in voting was passed.

Answer 2

A

Poll tax, literacy test, white primary were strategies used to disenfranchise black Georgians in the early 1900s