7.2.2 Quiz: Voting Rights in the United States
Question 8 of 10
2 Points
Read this excerpt from the Twenty-Fourth Amendment
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."
What problem did this amendment solve?
A. African American voters did not have to pay to vote, while white
voters did.
O
B. Difficult literacy tests meant that voters were not sure how much
to pay to vote
O
C. States could not conduct elections because they funded them
with poll taxes voters could not afford to pay
O
D. Southern states prevented African Americans from voting by
charging them to do so.