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literacy test  

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  • LITERACY TESTS WERE voting qualifications that required a person to prove the ability to read and write in order to be eligible to vote. Connecticut enacted the first literacy tests in 1855, requiring persons to be able to read any article ofthe U.S. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Literacy Test]

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