What were "grandfather clauses"?
A) voting restriction clauses which held that someone could vote only if his father or grandfather had been able to vote before a certain time, usually the end of slavery
B) limitations on voting to those people who were grandfathers
C) limitations on voting to those who could prove that their grandfathers had been residents of the state as well; because blacks moved around so much after Reconstruction, they rarely qualified
D) a clause requiring all grandfathers to vote before their sons
Answer: A
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