Which Body Played an Especially Important Role in the Implementation

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which body played an especially important role in the implementation of voting rights laws and other laws that began to deal with the discrepancies between African Americans and others in the aftermath of the civil rights movement?

• A) the U.S. House of Representatives
• B) the U.S. Senate
• C) the U.S. Department of Justice
• D) the U.S. Supreme Court
• E) the United Nations

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