Question

The gap between white and black voting rates was the smallest in – before the voting rights act. the act had the biggest impact in closing the gap in –, where the gap closed by more than 50 percentage points. the act had the smallest impact on black voter registration rates in –.

Answer 1

The gap was smallest in the north and widest in the south where registration of voters as well as voting was systematically frustrated despite there being of constitutional instruments that postured against it. in some voting centers and registrations centers in the south blacks were literally sent away.