The poll tax was primarily initiated to __________.

A. have a means of paying for state government's cost of holding elections
B. keep the poor and minorities from participating in elections
C. to keep women from participating in election
D. to comply with the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution


Answer: B

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