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GCSE History · key term
A reading or writing test used as a condition for voter registration. Southern officials used these tests unfairly to exclude Black voters.
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Revise: Peaceful ProtestsOfficials used discriminatory registration procedures, including literacy tests, while intimidation discouraged people from applying. Exclusion from voting weakened Black citizens’ ability to replace officials who upheld segregation.
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A reading or writing test used as a condition for registering to vote; discriminatory administration helped exclude African Americans.
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A poorer education could make it harder to gain qualifications and enter better-paid employment. It also made literacy tests used in voter registration an especially powerful obstacle. Educational inequality therefore helped reinforce both economic and political inequality.