Why Did Congress Pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965

question 40

Multiple Choice

Why did Congress pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• A)the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections -
• B)because it was clear that many areas in the South had no intention of living up to the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment
• C)because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed
• D)to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods

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