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