Why Did Congress Pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965

question 57

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 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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Definitions:

Experimental Group

In an experiment, one or more treatment groups of participants that receive the manipulation of the independent variable being investigated.

Random Assignment

Placing research participants into the conditions of an experiment in such a way that each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any level of the independent variable.

Random Sampling

A method of sampling in which each member of a population has an equal chance of being selected to represent the whole.

Self-Report Methods

Research or assessment tools where individuals provide data about themselves, typically through questionnaires or interviews.