Question

due monday jan 5th 2026 - segregation at the turn of the century america
the _______ required people to pay money before they could vote.
the _______ required people to pay money before they could vote.

1. _______ were laws that enforced the separation of whites and blacks.

the _______ clause allowed poor, uneducated whites to vote even if they could not pay a poll tax or pass a literacy test.
1 _______ was an african american reformer who worked to end lynching.
options: poll tax, jim crow laws, ...

Explanation:

Sub - question 1: "The ______ required people to pay money before they could vote."

In the context of segregation at the turn of the century in America, the poll tax was a fee that people had to pay to be eligible to vote. This was a mechanism used to disenfranchise certain groups, especially African Americans.

Jim Crow laws were the set of laws in the United States that enforced racial segregation, separating white and Black people in various aspects of life like public facilities, transportation, etc.

The grandfather clause was a legal provision that stated if a person's grandfather had been eligible to vote, then the person (even if poor or uneducated) could vote without paying the poll tax or passing a literacy test. This was a way to exclude African Americans (whose grandfathers were likely slaves and not eligible to vote) while allowing poor whites to vote.

Answer:

Poll Tax

Sub - question 2: "______ were laws that enforced the separation of whites and Blacks."