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 Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964?

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PostSubject: Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964?   Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964? EmptyMon Nov 17, 2014 10:30 pm
http://www.crmvet.org/info/la-littest.pdf

It has to be completed in ten minutes.

Miss one question, and you are denied voting privileges.
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PostSubject: Re: Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964?   Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964? EmptyTue Nov 18, 2014 9:09 am
Some brain teasers there.

And this was designed to keep blacks from voting?
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PostSubject: Re: Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964?   Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964? EmptyTue Nov 18, 2014 4:24 pm
Yes, the idea was to intimidate and deny blacks in their attempts to vote.

How did you answer this question?

Write forwards, backwards.

How many possible answers are there?

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PostSubject: Re: Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964?   Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964? EmptyTue Nov 18, 2014 4:27 pm
I assume that they want the word "forwards" written backwards.

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PostSubject: Re: Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964?   Can You Pass the Literacy Tests Require of Louisiana Voters in 1964? EmptyTue Nov 18, 2014 4:31 pm
nope
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