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