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poll tax
A tax a person is required to pay before he or she is allowed to vote. Poll taxes were used in many southern states after the Reconstruction period to restrict African-American citizens' right to vote.
- Partie du discours : noun
- Secteur d’activité/Domaine : Gouvernement
- Catégorie : Gouvernement et politique
- Organization: The College Board
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- t.sugiura
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