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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>
==See Also==
*[[Jim Crow Laws]]
*[[Civil Rights]]
*[[Civil Rights Movement]]
*[[Poll tax]]
*[[Grandfather Clause]]
[[category:United States History]]
[[category:Civil Rights]]
==See Also==
*[[Jim Crow Laws]]
*[[Civil Rights]]
*[[Civil Rights Movement]]
*[[Poll tax]]
*[[Grandfather Clause]]
[[category:United States History]]
[[category:Civil Rights]]