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Q: What was the purpose of poll taxes and literacy tests in the south during Reconstruction?
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What was the purpose of poll taxes in the south during reconstruction?

Tools to disfranchise African Americans.


What happens if a person couldn't pass a literacy test?

If you are referring to the literacy test that the south gave to African American voters during the reconstruction period after the civil war, they were given a literacy test and, if they failed, they were denied their right to vote. Mind you, the tests were very, very difficult.


What was the main cash crop of south during reconstruction?

Cotton was the main cash crop of the South during the Reconstruction Era.


Did the south win reconstruction during the south?

yes


what was President Johnson plan to rebuild the south?

The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War is called the Reconstruction. The Reconstruction lasted from 1865 to 1877. The purpose of the Reconstruction was to help the South become a part of the Union again.


Who was the Northern politician in south south during reconstruction?

Carpetbagger


During reconstruction the south blank the union?

rejoined


What were politics like in the south during reconstruction?

they were not the greatest.


Who supervised the south during reconstruction?

Northern Soldiers.


What was life like for freedmen and poor whites during Reconstruction?

What would it be like to live in the south as a freedman during Reconstruction?


What was the purpose of literacy tests during reconstruction?

it was because blacks weren't educated and remember the south didn't want to come back to the union because they were racists against blacks. the south wanted to find ways so that the blacks couldn't vote so they made up the literacy test which made the blacks had to take a test and had to pass to become citizens and have the right to vote. the south wanted to make things difficult for them and because the blacks weren't educated they couldn't read so that was the purpose i hoped it helped me and my class were actually working on reconstrction this week so i remembered most of what we had to study


How did Presidential Reconstruction differ from Congressional Reconstruction?

During the Presidential Reconstruction, President Lincoln wanted to be kind to the South and help them rebuild as much as possible. The Congressional Reconstruction wanted the South to pay for their rebellions.