To strengthen protections of the franchise, in 1965, Congress passed the __________ Act, which effectively ended literacy tests and other strategies that had discriminated against African Americans at the polls and gave the Justice Department the authority to supervise voter registration in locales that had discriminated.

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The correct answer is the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

To Strengthen Protections of the Franchise, in 1965, Congress Passed