The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and
local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (True/False)
The Petition of Right (1628) resulted in the powers of the monarchy being greatly diminished, since it put caps of non-Parliamentary spending and also gave people more rights under the system of law.