Question

Two examples of how southerner whites restricted the voting rights of African Americans in the years after the civil war. Why did they impact the African Americans?

Answer 1

1. After Reconstruction, many southern states enacted a poll tax, which was used to Ensure poor African Americans could not afford to vote.

2.Literacy tests, requiring voters to pass in order to vote. Because African Americans were exploited economically and denied an education, these restrictions disqualified many of them as voters.