In order to keep minority group members from voting, majority group members passed laws that stipulated that a person was not eligible to vote unless their grandfather had voted. What is this practice called?

a. Gerrymandering
b. Poll taxing
c. Grandfather clause
d. Literacy testing


ANS: c

Sociology

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