Question 14... How did Jim Crow laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests affect blacks in the period following the Civil War? A)
They helped make it possible for blacks to vote.

B)
They promoted economic independence for freed slaves.

C)
They promoted segregation and denied blacks their rights.

D)
They had little effect on blacks.

I believe your answer is C.) They promoted segregation and denied blacks their rights.

After the Civil War and Reconstruction, whites disenfranchised black men (by means of the poll tax, literacy test, and more), frequently relegated black workers to low-paying jobs, and poorly funded public schools for black children.

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