What Did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Do

question 48

Multiple Choice

What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?

• A) mandated voting rights at age 21 for all elections, including state and local contests
• B) granted women the right to vote in all federal and state elections
• C) stated that voting rights could not be denied on the basis of sex
• D) devised a wide-ranging set of federal protections of voting rights for minorities, especially in the South
• E) mandated that people 18 years of age and older had the right to vote in federal, state, and local elections

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