The name of the act is the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
This act was the culmination of hard work and dedication by Civil Rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. This law, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, got rid of the literacy tests that stopped thousands, possibly even millions, of African-Americans from voting during the late 19th and early 20th century. The increase in African-American voter participation sky rocketed and allowed for millions of African-Americans to gain a voice in the political process.
The United States of America joined World War II when Pearl Harbor was bombed...if you're referring to the 2nd World War.
4: U.s leaders argued that the stage of war might shift from European soil to territory in the United States
<span>Politically, the Abbasid's inherited the "dream" of the Umayyads and the bulk of the territory involved. They stood as the ascendant power of Islam and became the powerhouse of the Middle East. Culturally, the consistent struggle was for progress in the face of an "old vs new" ethnic supremacy argument between Arabs and Iranians or other non-Arab peoples. The riches of the spice trade and that of contact with China provided for a solid economic base to support the "Golden Age" the Abbasids created. Unfortunately, constant fracturing and incursion led to their demise by the beginnings of the Renaissance.</span>
