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  • 04-03-2019
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whats the meaning of poll tax?

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ItzNayaa ItzNayaa
  • 04-03-2019
a tax levied on every adult, without reference to income or resources. (Can I have brainliest pls lol)
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mrsedlack
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  • 04-03-2019

A Poll Tax was a tool used to keep poor African-Americans from voting.

It had its roots in the belief that only white land-owning (men) should be allowed to vote as they were the only ones with property.

This was a common tool used in the Jim Crow era to keep poor people from being able to vote.

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