it didnt
The cause of the poll tax was to keep poor and minority people from voting. The laws were eliminated by the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
The 15th amendment, but it was ignored for 100 years.
the Poll tax
The cause of the poll tax was to keep poor and minority people from voting. The laws were eliminated by the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
it made it much easier to vote
The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be prevented from voting because of not paying a tax. A poll tax was one way that poor minorities were prevented from voting.
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
What are the five states that had poll tax at the time of the 24th amendment was ratified?
A poll tax was used to give people the ability to vote. The poll tax is no longer used in the U.S. The 24th Amendment ended it on January 23, 1964.
The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
24 amendment
The 15th Amendment states that a person cannot be prevented from voting because of not paying a tax. A poll tax was one way that poor minorities were prevented from voting.