In 1789 George Washington was sworn in as the first president, and gave the first inaugural speech at Federal Hall in New York City
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<span>Poll taxes, literacy tests, violence/terrorism, and economic intimidation (For example, telling a black sharecropper that you won't sell them seed if they vote.)
The tests were impossible to pass, regardless of color. The poll taxes were obviously an economic way to prevent blacks from voting. I'm sure there were other ways as well. I know they would also threaten violence to families, children, and the voters if they even attempted to vote.</span>
