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Forcing people to pay for the right to vote was called a _________?

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This was called a poll tax! People had to play a fee in order to vote
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Answer:

poll tax

Step-by-step explanation:

A poll tax is when people are "taxed" to pay, or essentially pay-to-play. This soon was dropped out of favor, for there were relatively poor whites who were not able to pay the tax, thereby they were ineligible to vote.

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