Why are poll taxes illegal in the united states? in a short paragraph, explain how poll taxes are an obstacle that takes voting rights away from poorer citizens.

Poll taxes are illegal in the United States because they contradict the rights guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibits federal, state and local governments from denying any American citizen from voting.

The Constitution of the United States prohibits the federal government from levying direct taxes. In response to the 15th Amendment to the Constitution enacted in 1870, which guaranteed voting rights to all citizens regardless of their skin color, many southern states made the payment of a poll tax a prerequisite for participation in the election. All those whose ancestors had already chosen were excluded. In addition, African-Americans did not have the money to pay the elevated amounts that the states implemented, as they had just been freed from slavery. In this way, most non-whites were still excluded from the election. It was not until 1964 that the 24th Amendment to the Constitution banned this practice.

union blockade

explanation:

the union blockade in the american civil war was a naval strategy by the united states to prevent the confederacy from trading.

the blockade was proclaimed by president abraham lincoln in april 1861, and required the monitoring of 3,500 miles (5,600 km) of atlantic and gulf coastline, including 12 major ports, notably new orleans and mobile. those blockade runners fast enough to evade the union navy could only carry a small fraction of the supplies needed. they were operated largely by british citizens, making use of neutral ports such as havana, nassau and bermuda. the union commissioned around 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade runners over the course of the war.

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according to the passage the most suitable options are two. the first one is "by leading the aef to victory in several key battles" like the battle of saint- mihiel and the battle of cantigny mentioned in the passage you copied here. the second one is "by the aef and allied forces defeat germany" since the passage says that his army destroy the german resistance in the meuse- argonne offensive. and also, "by insisting that the aef operate as an independent force".

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