For this government presentation, I was assigned the twenty fourth amendment. This was the amendment that made poll tax illegal. First I will explain more of what this amendment is and what it does for our country and then about how it fights in with government's purpose. First up I will explain more about what this amendment is and what it's done for our country. Like mentioned before, this amendment makes poll tax illegal. Poll tax was forcing people to pay to vote. This was used in the southern states in the 1800's to the mid 1900's. This was used along with white primaries to cause racism and to not let the minorities who tended t be poorer unable to voice their opinions. White primaries which were when only white males and eventually
