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Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Passed August 27, 1962. Ratified January 23, 1964. This Amendment was sponsored by US Senator Spessard Lindsay Holland of Florida (Democrat).
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How did the twenty-fourth amendment help African Americans?
by eliminating poll taxes
States could not use poll taxes to deny a person the right to vote according to which amendent?
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution bars the use of poll taxes. This makes it illegal in all states to use poll taxes and the non-payment of such taxes to keep anyone from voting. The amendment therefore stops any and all use of poll taxes.
Which amendment bans all poll taxes in federal elections?
The 24th Amendment prohibits Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. It was ratified by the United States in 1964.
What tax was outlawed by the 24th amendment?
the Poll tax
The 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution made it illegal to force people to pay a poll tax and mdasha tax on voting. What was the main reason for this?
The Jim Crow laws charged poll taxes to African Americans who wanted to vote so they made an amendment to make sure it was against the law.
What was prohibited under the Twenty-fourth Amendment?
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes
Which amendment made poll taxes illegal?
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution made poll taxes illegal. =)
What was stopped by the 24th amendment?
Poll Taxes
What Ended poll taxes?
24th amendment
The 24th amendment abolished what?
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.
How did the twenty-fourth amendment help African Americans?
by eliminating poll taxes
What prohibited poll taxes?
Twenty-fourth Amendment
This amendment bans all poll taxes in federal elections?
24th amendment
The 24th amendment helped African Americans to vote by?
The twenty-fourth amendment helped African Americans to vote by eliminating poll taxes.
States could not use poll taxes to deny a person the right to vote according to which amendent?
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution bars the use of poll taxes. This makes it illegal in all states to use poll taxes and the non-payment of such taxes to keep anyone from voting. The amendment therefore stops any and all use of poll taxes.
What did the twenty fourth amendment to the constituting prohibit?
Poll Taxes
What legislation was responsible for the outlawing of poll taxes?
The 24th amendment
