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With the adoption of the 15th Amendment in 1870, a politically mobilized African-American community joined with white allies in the Southern states to elect the Republican Party to power, which brought about radical changes across the South.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Origins: Poll taxes were used in most Southern states as a means of discouraging low-income black voters from participating in elections.he 24th Amendment bans the use of poll taxes in federal elections. It does not ban the use of poll taxes in state elections, though a subsequent Supreme Court decision has done so.