Question

Based on what you read about the passage of the Voting Rights Act on Page 1 of this learning block, name one event that was part of the course of this bill's passage by Congress.

Answer 1

President Johnson addressing Congress and calling for the swift passage of his voting-rights proposal

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president johnson also passed law to start medicaid & began a "war on poverty" which funded welfare programs that helped the poor

many states in the south were very segregatist in culture & law so

many politicians in the south wanted things return for the act to pass

president johnson felt that passing these kind of acts would lead to democrats losing other elections in the future in the south

"“We have lost the South for a generation,” President Lyndon B. Johnson told an aide after he signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act"

republicans took advantage of this as part of a "southern strategy" to get republicans elected later on

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Answer 2

One significant event that lead to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the March from Selma to Montgomery. The purpose of this peaceful protest was to register black voters in the state of Alabama. However, these peaceful protestors were met with violence from white citizens who did not want to see blacks have a significant voice in the political realm. This outbreak of violence showed that the federal government needed to make a law to help protect African-American voting rights, hence resulting in the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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