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 Voting Rights Act of 1965 was designed to eliminate various forms of voting discrimination, including literacy tests, and allowed federal oversight of voter registration in areas with a history of discriminatory practices.

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