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How did Congress’s passage of the Voting Rights Act impact Louisiana?

Louisianans elected the state’s first black governor in 1971.

Black voting steadily increased in parishes across the state.

Segregationists tightened their grip on state political power.

Black voter registration remained unchanged until the 1990s.

Answer 1

Answer: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed barriers to black enfranchisement in the South, banning poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting.

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