The Congress finds that the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting (i) precludes persons of limited means from voting or imposes unreasonable financial hardship upon such persons as a precondition to their exercise of the franchise, (ii) does not bear a reasonable relationship to any legitimate State interest in the conduct of elections, and (iii) in some areas has the purpose or effect of denying persons the right to vote because of race or color. Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.1According to this excerpt, why was the Voting Rights Act needed to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment?A.The Fifteenth Amendment had not been ratified by enough states to go into effect.B.States discriminated against women who registered to vote.C.Congress lacked the power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment outside of the federal government.D.States were using poll taxes to deny African Americans their voting rights.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.3What problem did this amendment solve?A.Poor white Americans were prevented from voting if they could not afford the tax.B.Southern states charged voters for exercising a right guaranteed by the Constitution.C.White and African American voters were charged different amounts to vote.D.States could not conduct elections because they funded them with poll taxes voters could not afford to pay.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.2Why was this amendment necessary?A.African Americans who were former slaves were not considered American citizens.B.Poll taxes and literacy tests made it too complicated for many African Americans in the South to vote.C.Many states established districts where only members of some ethnicities could vote.D.Despite their citizenship, African Americans were legally prohibited from voting in some states.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from the Twenty-Fourth Amendment:Section 1.The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.3What problem did this amendment solve?A.Southern states prevented African Americans from voting by charging them to do so.B.Difficult literacy tests meant that voters were not sure how much to pay to vote.C.African American voters did not have to pay to vote, while white voters did.D.States could not conduct elections because they funded them with

There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Which describes them?*Citizens 18 ears and older can vote.You don’t have to pay a tax to vote.Any citizen can vote.all of the above

Poll taxes required voters to pay a fee to vote. How was this eliminated for federal elections?