In the late 1800s, how did the federal government respond to Southern attempts to prevent African American men from voting?

After Reconstruction ended in 1877, federal enforcement of African American men’s voting rights declined. Southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, intimidation, and other discriminatory measures to keep Black men from voting, and the federal government generally failed to enforce protections against these practices. The correct choice is “The government failed to enforce laws against discrimination.”

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