Jim Crow laws .
encouraged African Americans to vote during the Civil Rights Era.
were overturned by the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson
enforced racial segregation in the Reconstruction-Era South
were not supported by institutions of the United States Government
prohibited African-American emancipation in the South prior to the Civil War
The Poll Tax was used primarily to .
prevent any candidate from running for election over and over again
ensure that those voting in elections were well educated
prevent African Americans from voting in the Reconstruction-Era South
prevent the poor and working class from voting in the early days of the Republic
encourage African Americans to vote during and after the Civil Rights Era
