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Mekhanik [1.2K]
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What caused the voting rights act of 1965?

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mrs_skeptik [129]3 years ago
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The reason the voting rights act of 1965 had to be passed is because people were treated unfairly and not allowed to vote simply because of skin color.

The act allowed people to vote regardless of the color of their skin. This would allow African Americans to vote as they were the mosr targeted group at the time by racism.
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