Question

The Voting Rights Act

Answer 1

The Voting Rights Act ended literacy tests.

Further Explanation:

After the end of the American Civil War, African American men gained the right to vote thanks to the 15th amendment. The goal of this amendment was to ensure political equality for African American men who just became free. Even though this was supposed to lead to political equality, state governments implemented different barriers like literacy tests to stop African American citizens from voting.

A literacy test is a reading test that individuals must take in order to vote. This practice targeted African American citizens, as after the Civil War very few African Americans had access to education. Public education, as we know today, did not become mainstream until the early 20th century. Even after literacy rates increased thanks to the rise of public education, the state governments just made the tests more difficult. This limited the ability of African American men and women (after 1920) to vote.

This is why in 1964, the Voting Rights Act outlawed literacy tests. This ensured that African American citizens could vote without having to take a near impossible test.

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Key Details:

Topic: American History, Civil Rights movement

Grade Level: 7-12

Keywords: Voting Rights Act, Civil Rights movement, literacy tests, voting rights

Answer 2

I would say that the Voting Rights Act ended literacy tests.
Prior to the Act, people of color had to take literacy tests to determine whether they were eligible for voting. The Act had nothing to do with poll taxes, it didn't end voter segregation because it still existed, and it had nothing to do with gender either but rather with skin color.