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title: "Poll taxes, literacy tests, and \"grandfather clauses\" were adopted in Southern States primarily to do which of these?"  
description: "Poll taxes, literacy tests, and \"grandfather clauses\" were adopted in Southern States primarily to do which of these?"  
author: "agustina johnson"  
published: 2018-03-11  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39839/poll-taxes-literacy-tests-and-grandfather-clauses-were-adopted-in-southern-states-primarily-to-do-which-of-these  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Poll taxes, literacy tests, and "grandfather clauses" were adopted in Southern States primarily to do which of these?

[Poll](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31471/how-to-use-poll-sticker-in-instagram-stories) [taxes](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95934/who-is-appointed-as-the-chairman-of-the-central-board-of-indirect-taxes-and-customs-cbic), [literacy](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81577/the-essence-of-literacy) [tests](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72262/in-which-did-the-un-general-assembly-unga-declare-29th-august-as-the-international-day-against-nuclear-tests), and "[grandfather clauses](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51345/what-was-the-purpose-of-grandfather-clauses)" were [adopted](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2526/resolution-against-anti-satellite-tests-adopted-by-un-to-reduce-space-debris) in [Southern States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51335/why-did-southern-states-progress-more-slowly-than-northern-states) primarily to do which of these?


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