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What was the effect of the use of literacy tests throughout the South after the U.S. Civil War?

Awomen were denied the right to vote
Ban increase in voter turnout by African Americans
Cthe poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote
Dan increase in the power of the Republican Party in the South

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Tuniss

C) the poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote 

tramyaellison1

Literacy tests were primarily used in the American South after the Civil War and resulted in the poor and African Americans not being allowed to vote. Yes, this violated the 15th Amendment, but the violation was not seriously addressed by the Federal government until the 1960s.

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