Question

How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 affect voter registration rates in the United States in the decades that followed?
A. African American voter registration rates surpassed white registration rates.
B. African American voter registration rates equaled white registration rates.
C. African American voter registration rates became lower than white registration rates.
D. African American and white registration rates were not affected.

Answer 1

The answer is B. African American voter registration rates equaled white registration rates. The law had an immediate impact. By the end of 1965, a quarter of a million new black voters had been registered, one-third by Federal examiners. By the end of 1966, only 4 out of the 13 southern states had fewer than 50 percent of African Americans registered to vote.