In both the North and the South during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries voter turnout declined partially as a result of the imposition by liberals of institutional barriers to disenfranchise certain groups by race, class, or immigrant status from voting.

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The statement is false because it was primarily conservatives, not liberals, who were responsible for imposing institutional barriers to disenfranchise certain groups by race, class, or immigrant status from voting during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was part of a broader effort to maintain social and political control.

In Both the North and the South During the Late