Why did southern states enact poll taxes?

A. to raise revenue for the government
B. to ensure that only people who really want to vote would do so
C. to circumvent the Fifteenth Amendment
D. because literacy is necessary for democracy to function


Answer: C

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a. and continues to support about the same percentage. b. but dropped below 6 percent in 2002 due to the war in Iraq. c. but increased to about 10 percent today. d. but increased to 15 percent in 2006 due to a booming economy and a desire by the Congress to gain thesupport of teachers in their re-election campaigns.

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Dr. Marion Sims

a. conducted medical experiments on slave women in the United States south prior to the Civil War. b. is regarded as one of the founders of gynecological medicine. c. Both A and B are true. d. None of the above is true.

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