During reconstruction in the south, poll taxes were used to strengthen african american representation in government. ensure that voters were qualified to participate in elections. deny african americans participation in government. prevent former confederate officers from voting in elections.

The correct answer is C) deny African Americans citizens participation in government.

During the reconstruction in the South, poll taxes were used to deny African Americans citizens participation in government.

A poll tax during the Reconstruction in the South period was a tax levied for voting. Indeed was a prerequisite for the people to vote. After the Civil War, some Southern states passed legislation to forbid African Americans to vote. If black people did not have the money to pay the tax, then they could not vote. But with the 15th Amendment of 1870, the situation changed. The Amendment states that “the right to vote cannot be denied in any state on the basis of race or color.”

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