Voting Rights Act of 1965...?Responsesmade it more difficult for minorities to register to votemade it more difficult for minorities to register to votewas passed by Congress without the support of President Lyndon Johnsonwas passed by Congress without the support of President Lyndon Johnsonprotected all citizens' abilities to register and cast votes in Americaprotected all citizens' abilities to register and cast votes in Americafailed to pass by just one vote.

What was the outcome of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 further Civil Rights and Equality? (4-5 sentences)

After Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965,Group of answer choicesthe Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional.the civil rights movement slowly ended.more African Americans were elected to office at all levels.African participation in elections decreased.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 resulted in a significant increase in African American voting in the South.TrueFalse

Read this passage from the Voting Rights Act of 1965:The Congress finds that the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting (i) precludes persons of limited means from voting or imposes unreasonable financial hardship upon such persons as a precondition to their exercise of the franchise, (ii) does not bear a reasonable relationship to any legitimate State interest in the conduct of elections, and (iii) in some areas has the purpose or effect of denying persons the right to vote because of race or color. Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.1According to this excerpt, why was the Voting Rights Act needed to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment?A.States discriminated against women who registered to vote.B.Congress lacked the power to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment outside of the federal government.C.The Fifteenth Amendment had not been ratified by enough states to go into effect.D.States were using poll taxes to deny African Americans their voting rights.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS