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What act passed by congress to protect the voting rights of blacks in the south?
civil rights act 1866
What act was passed by congress to protect the voting rights of blacks in the south?
Enforcement Act of 1870
How did the restoration of voting rights to white southerns undermine efforts to preserve and protect the voting rights of freedmen?
When they gave rights back to the white, blacks were again segregated because they were iliterate and the whites could over vote them.
How did the fourthteenth amendment give blacks voting rights?
It was not the fourteenth amendment that specifically gave blacks voting rights. It is the 15th. The 14th gave citizenship and citizenship rights.
This helped increase the number of blacks who could vote?
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (NovaNET)
Which amendment ensured voting rights for blacks in the South?
15th amendment
States rights by voting?
I am not sure what you are asking. Voting rights are given in the constitution and the states have made laws to restrict some voting rights, but the federal government is suppose to protect voting rights.
How did voting rights help fulfill promises of the constitution?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed to protect the right to vote. Federal observers would be placed at the polls to make sure all citizens were not prohibited from casting a ballot.
In 1965 this law made it easier for blacks to?
To vote. The Voting Rights Act.
What was the major area where blacks have gained ground since 1960?
Voting Rights
How did poll taxes restrict voting rights?
The blacks couldn't afford the tax
What rights outlawed barriers that prevented blacks from casting ballots?
The Voting Rights Act, signed in 1965, overcame the barriers that prevented blacks from voting. The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution denied federal and state governments from preventing citizens from voting but did not go far enough.
