Which of the following is not one of the four gates that kept blacks from voting according to Martin Luther King Jr?
1) Poll taxes
2) Literacy tests
3) Grandfather clauses
4) Voting rights acts

Question

Which of the following is not one of the four gates that kept blacks from voting according to Martin Luther King Jr?
1) Poll taxes
2) Literacy tests
3) Grandfather clauses
4) Voting rights acts

Accepted Answer

Here is your solution: #(a)# ⚹ Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, which sought to end racial discrimination and segregation in the United States. During this time, African Americans faced numerous obstacles when attempting to exercise their right to vote. King and other civil rights activists highlighted these barriers, often referred to as the "four gates" of discrimination at the ballot box. ⚹ #(b)# ⚹ The "four gates" that Martin Luther King Jr. referred to were mechanisms used primarily in the Southern United States to prevent African Americans from voting. These included poll taxes, which required individuals to pay a fee to vote; literacy tests, which were often unfairly administered to disenfranchise black voters; and grandfather clauses, which allowed individuals to bypass literacy tests and poll taxes if their ancestors had the right to vote before the Civil War, effectively excluding many African Americans whose ancestors were enslaved and thus ineligible to vote. ⚹ #(c)# ⚹ The Voting Rights Act of 1965, however, is not one of these gates. Instead, it was landmark legislation passed to prohibit racial discrimination in voting. It was a significant victory for the Civil Rights Movement and aimed to enforce the voting rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The Act sought to eliminate the barriers that had been put in place to prevent African Americans from voting. ⚹ ∻Answer∻ ⚹ 4) Voting Rights Acts ⚹ ∻Key Concept∻ ⚹ The "four gates" were mechanisms of disenfranchisement used to prevent African Americans from voting, while the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was legislation that aimed to eliminate such discriminatory practices. ⚹ ∻Explanation∻ ⚹ The Voting Rights Act is not one of the barriers but rather a measure that was enacted to remove barriers such as poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses that had been used to disenfranchise black voters. ⚹◊What role did the 15th Amendment play in the limitations placed on African American voting rights in the American South during the Civil Rights era?⍭ Generate me a similar question◊

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