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Voting Rights Act of 1965

1) Is this a primary or secondary document?
2) What did the 15th Amendment grant?
3) What was the point of the March from Selma to Montgomery?
4) What happened to the marchers as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge
in Selma?
5) Why do you think that it took this national outrage to get this legislation
passed?
6) What were three ways that the government helped African Americans to
vote with this law?
7) What groups do you think have had trouble voting throughout American
history?

Voting Rights Act of 1965 1) Is this a primary or secondary document? 2) What did-example-1
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Answer:
1) Is this a primary or secondary document?

Primary document.

2) What did the 15th Amendment grant?

It gave African American men the right to vote.

3) What was the point of the March from Selma to Montgomery?

To ensure that African Americans could have the Constitutional right to vote.

4) What happened to the marchers as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma?

They were attacked by water hoses, tear gas, horses, and Billy clubs.

5) Why do you think that it took this national outrage to get this legislation passed?

The 15th Amendment, only males could vote. The women were upset about that it was based on race.

6) What were three ways that the government helped African Americans to vote with this law?

13th Amendment, African Americans set free.

14th Amendment, citizenship to black Americans.

15th Amendment, the right to vote.

7) What groups do you think have had trouble voting throughout American history?

Any other race, or sex aside from a white male.

8) What role does the government have in ensuring their citizens' rights?

To protect. The government can enforce constitutional provisions. The Bill of Rights. It enacts laws to protect them.

9) Why do you think that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is considered by many people to be the most influential legislation ever signed in America's history?

Because of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It changed the area of voting since the Reconstruction era.

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Primary document
2) gave African American men the right to vote
3) they marched to ensure that African Americans could exercise their Constitutional right to vote.
4) they were attacked with Horses, Billy clubs, and Tear gas as they were attempting to storm the capital.
5) because the 15th amendment stated only males could vote so even if you were a white female you weren’t allowed to vote nor where you able to vote as a African American female. Women were in HYSTERICAL about that it was only based on race not on gender

6) the 13th ,14th and 15th amendments ( 13th African Americans set free. 14th citizenship to black Americans (equal protection laws )
and 15th the right to vote )

7) any other race, or sex aside from white male
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