Why Did Congress Pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965

question 92

Multiple Choice

Why did Congress pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• A) in order to facilitate the prosecution of those who had restricted the voting rights of African Americans
• 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
• E) the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections

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