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What methods were used to prevent

African American's from voting?
What outlawed these methods?

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Poll taxes, literacy tests, fraud and intimidation all turned African Americans away from the polls. Until the Supreme Court struck it down in 1915, many states used the "grandfather clause " to keep descendents of slaves out of elections.

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Answer:

Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, general intimidation tactics / threats.

What outlawed these methods was the Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965.

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