Question

What was the purpose of the poll tax?
A)-to make it difficult for African Americans to vote

B)-to make it difficult for poor whites to vote

C)-to help pay candidates’ election costs

D)-to make it easy for African Americans to vote

E)-to make it difficult for all poor people to vote

Answer 1

The poll tax disenfranchised many minority groups who could not afford to pay the tax, such as blacks and poor whites, because payment of the tax was a prerequisite to voting.

E