Souther leaders found ways to get around the Fifteenth Amendment and prevented African Americans from___ Many Southern states required voters to pay a fee before they could vote called a _

Because many African American could not afford to pay, they could not vote. Another way was to make voters take a_____ where they had to read and
explain parts of the Constitution. Since most African Americans had little education, the tests prevented
many from voting.

* voting
grandfather clause
•: poll tax
i segregation
= literacy test