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The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the?:

ATwenty-fourth Amendment.
BCivil Rights Act of 1964.
CVoting Rights Act of 1965.
DWar on Poverty.

Verified Answer :

The correct answer is letter A. Twenty-fourth Amendment. The common use of poll taxes to inhibit black voters in the South was outlawed by the Twenty-fourth Amendment. The 24th Amendment, ratified in 1964, outlawed the use of the poll tax (or any other tax) as a pre-condition in voting in Federal elections.