Civil Rights and Voting Rights

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How was African American voter registration affected by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

It increased significantly.

The first draft of the Civil Rights Act was proposed by

John F. Kennedy.

Which event occurred in August of 1963?

the March on Washington

Literacy tests were banned by

the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Civil Rights Act that passed in 1964

was stronger than the first draft of the act.

The governor of Alabama during the Selma voting rights marches was

George Wallace.

Who gave an historically important speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

Martin Luther King Jr.

A result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was that

as African American registration increased, the number of African Americans elected increased.

During the 1960s, a federal civil rights act became necessary because

it was the only way to end Jim Crow laws.


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