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Kaavyanshi-

The Voting right helped the discrimination against people of color end and so the people of color could finally vote without having to face racism and any difficulties because of their color

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Jazlene and Camilla

1) The voting right acts of 1965 prevented discrimination against African Americans it removed poll taxes, literacy tests, and violence so that African Americans can register to vote.

2) After the voting rights act was passed 27,385 African Americans registered to vote in the first 19 days.

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1. 50% of the people were African Amircan. but they were being stoped from voting. there was not enough people voting.

2. now the African Americans can vote. the number of voter increasd by a lot.

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The Voting Rights Act allowed people of color to vote, banned racial discrimination in voting and barred literacy tests taken for voting.

The result of the passage of the law was that people of color were able to vote and brought the voting percentage from 6.7% to 59.8%

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they are saying everyone can vote but they can't because of obstacles like poll taxes literacy tests and violence question 1

question 2 it had a huge impact on voting rights with 6.7% to 59.87%

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Caylee Applewhite

1. The voting rights act allowed people of color to vote and stopped all white people from having more power to vote than people of color.

2. The percentage of people of color voting increased when the law passed because they were no longer being prevented from voting.

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2. now the African Americans can vote and the number of voters increased severely that now every body can vote

1. 50 %of the people were African American and they were stopped from voting

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1. What specific problems did the Voting Rights Act seek to fix?

The voting Act seeked to fix the discrimination that black people faced when voting. Basically eliminating the Jim crow laws.

2. What happened as a result of the law’s passage?

As a result of the laws passage many black people signed up and were finally eligible to vote. Just after a couple of days the percentage or eligible voters went up sixfold.

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Kayla C.

1. The Voting Rights Act tried to give everyone and anyone the right to vote no matter what race they are.

2. The number of people voting increased because the law was passed, which meant more people were able to vote.

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Navaj Jain

The Voting Rights Act specifically sought to fix the disparity between the percentages of eligible white and black voters. Due to the law's passage, voter registration in Mississippi increased by 50% in under three weeks.

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Aryenn - The Voting Rights Act was established on August 6, 1965, and it prevented most states from creating laws to discriminate against potential voters. The Voting Rights Act sought to fix the problem of poll taxes, literacy tests, and violence. As a result of the law's passage, almost as many African Americans registered to vote in the 5 years after the law passed than in the entire century. As a result of the law, African Americans were not discriminated from voting anymore.

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1. The Voting Rights Act stopped States from not letting people with color the right to vote.

2. After the Act was passed, the number of African American voters increased within a few days of the Act. This allowed every race to vote.

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1. The Voting Rights Act seeks to fix problems such as literacy tests. It did this using several sections.

1. Section 2 banned racial discrimination, and other parts said literacy tests were illegal.

2. Section 5 identified certain states or local governments with a history of voter discrimination and labeled them as "covered for pre-clearance."

3. They decided to use Section 4b for coverage of the preclearance.

All these laws helped fix the problems that the Voting Rights Act sought to resolve.

2. Because of the law, the number of African Americans registered to vote in the last five years was almost the number of votes by African Americans in the previous century.

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Gurneet Rai-

What specific problems did the Voting Rights Act seek to fix?

The Voting Rights Act prevented states from denying people the right to vote because of their race.

What happened as a result of the law's passage?

African Americans could vote, and the number of voters skyrocketed just days after the law was passed, meaning that everyone was finally about to vote.

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The Voting Rights Act sought to end discrimination against people of color and their voting rights. When the laws passed, people of color could vote in peace.

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The Voting Rights Act allowed the colored to vote. It helped fix the racial imbalance within the country and prohibited the states from voting based on someone's skin color or race. As a result of this law, there was a huge increase of the African Americans that could vote.

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Because of the laws passed, both black and white people can vote. This gives and serves the purpose of the right to vote and the right to equality. - question 2

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The Voting Rights Act was enacted on August 6, 1965, and it prohibited states from imposing qualifications or practices to deny the right to vote on account of race; permitted direct federal intervention in the electoral process in certain places, based on a “coverage formula”. - question 1