Please help i suck at social studies Direction: Answer the questions below in complete sentences. Why did the federal government pass the Voting Rights Act? What effects has it had? How are voting rights threatened today? How can we protect those rights?

Explanation:

. Why did the federal government pass the Voting Rights Act? What effects has it had?

Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which aimed to increase the number of people registered to vote in areas where there was a record of previous discrimination. The legislation outlawed literacy tests and provided for the appointment of Federal examiners (with the power to register qualified citizens to vote) in certain jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination.

How are voting rights threatened today?

Policies Toward Low-Income People. One of the earliest and clearest effects of the Voting Rights Act was an increase in welfare coverage and payments. The change was most marked in plantation Black Belt counties, where elites had long managed relief programs in their own narrow interests.

How can we protect those rights?

Embrace the duty to protect and promote human rights.

Learn about human rights. There are a number or ways that you can become educated about human rights.

Participate in local human rights activism.

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