Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and Voting Rights in the Civil Rights Movement
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The main reason southern states and localities implemented poll taxes was to:
The main reason southern states and localities implemented poll taxes was to:
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Poll taxes and literacy tests were the only ways Southern Whites disenfranchised African Americans.
Poll taxes and literacy tests were the only ways Southern Whites disenfranchised African Americans.
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What was Jim Crow?
What was Jim Crow?
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Match the action or event with the outcome.
Match the action or event with the outcome.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
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24th Amendment (1964) | arrow_right_alt | Prohibited poll taxes before a citizen could participate in a federal election. |
Plessy V. Ferguson (1896) | arrow_right_alt | Banned literacy tests, outlawed racial discrimination in voting |
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) | arrow_right_alt | Affirmed "separate but equal" doctrine |
Civil Rights Act (1964) | arrow_right_alt | Outlawed segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. |
1965 Voting Rights Act | arrow_right_alt | Racial segregation of children in public schools was ruled unconstitutional. |
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What was lynching? Where did it occur? Was it done in public or private?
What was lynching? Where did it occur? Was it done in public or private?
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Rosa Parks was the first African American who was arrested for refusing to comply with a Jim Crow law.
Rosa Parks was the first African American who was arrested for refusing to comply with a Jim Crow law.
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Why did the arrest of Rosa Parks prompt a reaction among African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama?
Why did the arrest of Rosa Parks prompt a reaction among African Americans in Montgomery, Alabama?
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The passing score for the 1965 Alabama Literacy Test was
The passing score for the 1965 Alabama Literacy Test was
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Poor whites and white women had to pay poll taxes.
Poor whites and white women had to pay poll taxes.
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The Voting Rights Movement began when Martin Luther King came to prominence.
The Voting Rights Movement began when Martin Luther King came to prominence.
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In 1957, African Americans were admitted to public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas under the protection of:
In 1957, African Americans were admitted to public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas under the protection of: