Question

what was the goal of literacy tests in southern states?
a. to promote education
b. to disenfranchise african americans
c. to support the 15th amendment
d. to encourage voting

why was the democratic candidate in the 1876 presidential election?
a. ulysses s. grant
b. samuel j. tilden
c. rutherford b. hayes
d. andrew johnson

what was the purpose of the jim crow laws?
a. to grant african americans civil rights
b. to end segregation in the south
c. to abolish slavery
d. to enforce racial segregation

Explanation:

1. Literacy tests in Southern U.S. states were discriminatory barriers designed to prevent African Americans from exercising their voting rights, violating the spirit of the 15th Amendment.
2. In the 1876 U.S. presidential election, Samuel J. Tilden was the Democratic nominee, competing against Republican Rutherford B. Hayes.
3. Jim Crow laws were state and local statutes in the Southern U.S. that enforced racial segregation and systemic discrimination against African Americans.

Answer:

1. b. To disenfranchise African Americans
2. b. Samuel J. Tilden
3. d. To enforce racial segregation