How did Southern states later undermine the Fifteenth Amendment?
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Correct answer: By using poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, intimidation, and violence
Although the Fifteenth Amendment banned racial discrimination in voting, Southern states used indirect restrictions to disfranchise African Americans. These included poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, fraud, and intimidation.
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