How were the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fifteenth Amendment

similar?

A. Both Identified African Americans as a protected class entitled to

special rights.

B. Both were easily bypassed by states that refused to recognize

African American rights.

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C. Both applied individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution to

state governments.

D. Both were designed to protect African Americans'individual

political rights.

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Leah Brandt

6 September, 12:12

How were the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fifteenth Amendment

similar?

A. Both Identified African Americans as a protected class entitled to

special rights.

B. Both were easily bypassed by states that refused to recognize

African American rights.

O

C. Both applied individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution to

state governments.

D. Both were designed to protect African Americans'individual

political rights.

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Waddles · Answer 1

B.

Explanation:

The act banned the use of literacy tests, provided for federal oversight of voter registration in areas where less than 50 percent of the non-white population had not registered to vote, and authorized the U. S. attorney general to investigate the use of poll taxes in state and local elections.