Minority-Majority Districts

question 46

Multiple Choice

Minority-majority districts

• A) are unconstitutional.
• B) were allowed after the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
• C) are districts in which a racial minority is the majority of the voting population.
• D) decrease the voting power of minority groups.
• E) Options B and C are true.

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