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The '''Literacy Test''' was a [[Jim Crow Laws|Jim Crow Law]] instituted in the southern states after the [[Reconstruction]]. It required all voters to prove their literacy before voting, but the [[grandfather clause]] exempted people whose ancestors had been able to vote in 1867 from the literacy test. In this way, the literacy test prevented many [[African American]]s from voting.<ref>US Government and Poltics</ref> | The '''Literacy Test''' was a [[Jim Crow Laws|Jim Crow Law]] instituted in the southern states after the [[Reconstruction]]. It required all voters to prove their literacy before voting, but the [[grandfather clause]] exempted people whose ancestors had been able to vote in 1867 from the literacy test. In this way, the literacy test prevented many [[African American]]s from voting.<ref>US Government and Poltics</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:57, August 4, 2011
The Literacy Test was a Jim Crow Law instituted in the southern states after the Reconstruction. It required all voters to prove their literacy before voting, but the grandfather clause exempted people whose ancestors had been able to vote in 1867 from the literacy test. In this way, the literacy test prevented many African Americans from voting.[1]
References
- ↑ US Government and Poltics