First enacted by ____________in 1890, the grandfather clause soon spread throughout southern and border states and typically required literacy tests for all voters whose ancestors had not been entitled to vote prior to 1866.

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Mississippi was the first state to enact the grandfather clause in 1890. This clause was a way to disenfranchise African American voters by exempting those whose ancestors had the right to vote before the Civil War (and thus, before the emancipation of slaves) from literacy tests and other voting requirements.

First Enacted by ____________In 1890, the Grandfather Clause Soon Spread