PLS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Grandfather Clause, Literacy Test, White Primaries
9 Nov 2016
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The 3 civil war amendments are the 13th, 14th, and. The 13th amendment stated that slavery and involuntary servitude was outlawed in the u. s. The 14th amendment stated that all people either born or naturalized in the. U. s are u. s citizens, no state can make or enforce a law that would violate a citizens individual rights, and any states cannot deprive anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Four barriers states used to stop african americans from voting are white primaries, grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and literacy tests. White primaries are state primary elections that restrict voting only to whites. The grandfather clause restricted voting to those whose grandfather had voted before 1867. The poll tax was a special tax that had to be paid as a qualification for voting. The plessy vs. ferguson case supported the separate but equal doctrine. Separate but equal doctrine state that separate but equal doctrine facilities do not violate the.
