Which describes a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

The number of registered black voters in the South decreased.

Many white voters refused to vote in the 1968 presidential election.

Most whites in the North began to question the civil rights movement.

The South's white majority switched to the Republican Party.

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19 May, 08:36

Which describes a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

The number of registered black voters in the South decreased.

Many white voters refused to vote in the 1968 presidential election.

Most whites in the North began to question the civil rights movement.

The South's white majority switched to the Republican Party.

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Lilyana Hickman · Answer 1

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The South’s white majority switched to the Republican Party.

As it was a measure initiated by the Democrats, the blacks began to vote in mass in that party. Southern whites, then, switched their membership from the Democrats to the Republicans.

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