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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. =)
Are poll taxes illegal in all federal elections?
Yes, poll taxes are illegal in all government elections.
What Ended poll taxes?
24th amendment
What are poll taxes?
A poll tax was an amount of money that a person was forced to pay in order to vote. After the Civil War in the South, poll tax laws were created in order to prevent freed slaves from voting, as they did not have much money. They were, of course, eventually abolished.
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