What were literacy tests?

Answer 1

In the "Jim Crow" (segregated) south, white people did everything they could to prevent black people from voting, even after constitutional amendments gave them that right. One common trick was a so-called "literacy test"-- it was supposed to be proof the potential voter could read and write, but only blacks were asked to take it, and it wasn't really a literacy test at all-- rather than proving a person could read, the assigned text was usually something very difficult to understand, and could thus be used to disqualify the black voter. Often the test included a reading at the PhD-level; the goal was to make sure that the vast majority of blacks (who had received an adequate but certainly not college-level education) would be unable to correctly answer questions about what they had just been asked to read.

Answer 2

Literacy tests were used to prevent African Americans from voting by giving them unfair tests such as reading Latin.

Answer 3

qualification for voting in federal elections

Answer 4

Common Core requires proficiency in English Language Arts.

Answer 5

Prevent African Americans from voting- Apex