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Literacy tests, understanding tests, and poll taxes all had the effect of greatly limiting voting access for:a.)womenb.)young peoplec.)non-citizensd.)African AmericansSUBMIT MY ANSWERReport an issue with this questionBallot AccessSophia PDF Version WHAT'S COVEREDIn this lesson, you will learn about various circumstances and laws that have either facilitated the right to vote or prevented citizens from voting in the United States. You will discover how states were able to disenfranchise Black citizens and also consider how states have changed their election practices in recent decades to expand participation. Specifically, this lesson covers:

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Literacy tests, understanding tests, and poll taxes all had the effect of greatly limiting voting access for:a.)womenb.)young peoplec.)non-citizensd.)African AmericansSUBMIT MY ANSWERReport an issue with this questionBallot AccessSophia PDF Version WHAT'S COVEREDIn this lesson, you will learn about various circumstances and laws that have either facilitated the right to vote or prevented citizens from voting in the United States. You will discover how states were able to disenfranchise Black citizens and also consider how states have changed their election practices in recent decades to expand participation. Specifically, this lesson covers:

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The literacy tests, understanding tests, and poll taxes all had the effect of greatly limiting voting access for African Americans. These measures were used primarily in the Southern United States during the Jim Crow era (late 19th and early 20th century) as a way to disenfranchise African American citizens and suppress their right to vote. Despite the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibited racial discrimination in voting, these measures effectively circumvented the law and kept many African Americans from the polls.

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