In the South during the late 1800s, grandfather clauses prevented

A. most white Southerners from voting because their grandfathers were slaveholders.

B. most white Southerners from voting because their grandfathers were in the Confederate army.

C. most African Americans from voting because they could not avoid poll taxes or literacy tests.

D. most African Americans from voting because their grandfathers were not able to read.

answer:

D they tried rigging the system so blacks couldn't vote

Explanation:

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as general terms,  indian territory,  the indian territories, or  indian country  describe an evolving land area set aside by the  united states government  for the relocation of  native americans  who held  aboriginal title  to their land. in general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for  land grants  in 1803. the concept of an indian territory was an outcome of the 18th- and 19th-century policy of  indian removal. after the  civil war(1861–1865), the policy of the government was one of  assimilation.