Literacy tests were banned by?

A) the Fifteenth Amendment.

B) the Twenty-fourth Amendment.

C) the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

D) the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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21 November, 21:17

Literacy tests were banned by?

A) the Fifteenth Amendment.

B) the Twenty-fourth Amendment.

C) the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

D) the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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Luciano Barrera · Answer 1

D-The Voting Rights act of 1965

Explanation - Literacy test were used to refrain Afro-Americans with little formal education and other poor Americans to cast their ballot and in order to vote they were given tasks such as recite the parts of constitution and answering several obscure technical questions so to give rights of voting to all the Americans the federal govt in 1965 passed the The voting rights act to abolish literacy test as well as some other controversial laws which were used to disenfranchise racial minorities.

Literacy tests were banned by?A) the Fifteenth Amendment.B) the Twenty-fourth Amendment.C) the Civil Rights Act of 1964.D) the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Literacy tests were banned by?

A) the Fifteenth Amendment.

B) the Twenty-fourth Amendment.

C) the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

D) the Voting Rights Act of 1965.