The amendments to state constitutions which were passed in the 1890s and early 1900s to disenfranchise blacks generally included all of the following provisions EXCEPT

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The correct answer is D because the provisions described in A, B, and C were indeed used to disenfranchise black voters, but D, known as the "grandfather clause," is incorrectly described. The grandfather clause actually allowed white voters to circumvent literacy tests, poll taxes, and other barriers if their ancestors had been eligible to vote before the Civil War, effectively excluding many black voters whose ancestors were not eligible.

The Amendments to State Constitutions Which Were Passed in the 1890s