A literacy test, in the context of American political history from the 1890s to the 1960s, refers to the government practice of testing the literacy of potential citizens at the federal level, and potential voters at the state level. For other nations it has been a matter of ideal immigration policy. ==Immigration== The literacy test was a device ...
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(from the article `Voting Rights Act`) ...and turnout among African Americans. As whites came to dominate state legislatures once again, legislation was used to strictly circumscribe the ...
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