Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President,
for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.3 What problem did this amendment solve?
A. Difficult literacy tests meant that voters were not sure how much to pay to vote.
B. African American voters did not have to pay to vote, while white voters did.
C. Southern states prevented African Americans from voting by charging them to do so.
D. States could not conduct elections because they funded them with poll taxes voters could not afford to pay.
C) Southern states prevented African Americans from voting by charging them to do so.
Explanation:
Poll taxes were a popular method used by Southern states after the Civil War to stop African American men from voting. Poll taxes were used after African American men gained the right to vote with the 15th amendment to the US Constitution. This, along with grandfather clauses and literacy tests, were meant to limit African American pariticpation in local, state, and federal elections.
These types of barriers to voting were eliminated during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's.
