During the jim crow era, southern states imposed poll taxes and literacy tests in order to a. prevent african americans from exercising their right to vote. b. support the passage of the fifteenth amendment. c. encourage citizens to vote in local elections. d. discourage african americans from attending school.

A.prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.

Poll taxes means you have to pay a tax before allowed to vote.  That's a way of preventing poor persons (like blacks in the South) from voting.

In addition to poll taxes, other measures were also used to block blacks from participating in the voting process, such as literacy tests. Literacy tests would require persons to pass certain standards of reading and writing in order to qualify for voting.  These tests were aimed at blacks, who had not had access to the same education as whites.

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pennsylvania pennsylvania colony was a proprietary colony founded when william penn was awarded a charter by king charles ii in 1681. he set up the colony as one of religious freedom. the government included a representative legislature with popularly elected officials. all taxpaying freemen could vote.

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