This amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the poll tax.

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the poll tax.

• A. Twenty-Fourth Amendment
• B. Sixteenth Amendment
• C. Twenty-First Amendment
• D. Fifteenth Amendment

Answer: (A)

Poll taxes were fees used to thwart people from voting, a barrier many citizens faced. The Twenty-Fourth Amendment bans requiring payment to vote in federal elections, directly eliminating that obstacle and making it the correct choice. The other amendments address different issues: one deals with income tax, another protects voting rights based on race but does not ban poll taxes, and the last repeals Prohibition.

Poll taxes were fees used to thwart people from voting, a barrier many citizens faced. The Twenty-Fourth Amendment bans requiring payment to vote in federal elections, directly eliminating that obstacle and making it the correct choice. The other amendments address different issues: one deals with income tax, another protects voting rights based on race but does not ban poll taxes, and the last repeals Prohibition.