dfghjk
- Created by: MillieLynch
- Created on: 30-04-15 23:19
View mindmap
- 1965 Voting Rights Act
- Why?
- Outbreak of mocking violence from the southern White racists as a result of the Civil Rights Act
- Johnson was reminded that more was needed
- The Acts Terms
- Outlawed literacy tests as the determination of if you could vote
- To Johnson all you was American citezenship and to register your name
- Impacts
- Short term
- End of 1966: 4/13 traditional southern states had less than 50% Black Americans registered
- By 1968: Even Mississippi had 59% registered
- Long term
- More Afican Americans elected into public office
- Provided boost civil rights cause needed
- Proved demonstrations served a good purpose, but real change had to come through federal government
- Short term
- Why?
Comments
No comments have yet been made