voting rights act

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  • Created by: _Courtney
  • Created on: 14-11-17 20:46
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  • VOTING RIGHTS ACT, 1870
    • male black Americans given right to vote
    • some states had made them take an unfair literacy test and taxed them but THIS WAS REMOVED
    • resulted in more than 65,000 new voters
    • ensured federal agents could monitor registration to step in if their was discrimination

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