Which of the following are results of the Voting Act of 1965? Check all that appy.

More African Americans serve as elected government officials.

Fewer legal barriers exist to prevent African Americans from voting.

More discriminatory voting laws have been created.

More tools are available to the federal government to ensure equal voting rights.

Fewer African Americans are registered voters.

Question

Rene Vazquez

English

4 August, 08:16

Which of the following are results of the Voting Act of 1965? Check all that appy.

More African Americans serve as elected government officials.

Fewer legal barriers exist to prevent African Americans from voting.

More discriminatory voting laws have been created.

More tools are available to the federal government to ensure equal voting rights.

Fewer African Americans are registered voters.

+3

Answers (1)

Know the Answer?

Serena · Answer 1

More African Americans serve as elected government officials.

Fewer legal barriers exist to prevent African Americans from voting.

Explanation:

In 1965, at the time of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, there were six African-American members of the U. S. House of Representatives and no blacks in the U. S. Senate. By 1971, there were 13 members of the House and one black member of the Senate.

Legal barriers such as Literary tests made the new voters difficult to vote which then it was removed which supported the claim that More African Americans served as elected government officials.