The 24th Amendment ratified in 1964 outlawed what was known as the ______, a fee to vote in federal elections.
A. Lay Subsidy
B. Proportional Tax
C. Grandfather Levy
D. Poll Tax
Ans: D. Poll Tax
The answer is D, Poll Tax. The Poll tax was essentially a discrimination tax enacted following the Fifteenth Amendment which extended the right to vote to all races. Many Southern states made use of these taxes, but included a grandfather clause that exempted any adult male whose father or grandfather who had once voted. These taxes largely disenfranchised the African Americans.
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