Where there were murders of voting rights activists
What are Mississippi and Philadelphia
100
The number of people who couldn't vote in 2012 because of anti-voting means that are outlawed by the Voting Rights Act
What is 3 million
100
The number of years this act was renewed for most recently
What is 25 years
200
When the Voting Rights Act was signed
What is August 6, 1965
200
The two famous Civil Rights activists who first met while debating this act
Who are MLK and Malcolm X
200
Where activists were attacked by state trooper while on a march
What is Selma, Alabama
200
These are methods North Carolina used to try to restrict voters
What is ID, no early voting, no same-day registration, no public financing
200
This is the number of African Americans who were registered to vote after this Act passed.
What is 200,000
300
The president who signed the Act
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson
300
The political party that had the majority of votes for the Voting Rights Act
What is Republican
300
The area (North/South) with the majority of voters voting for the Voting Rights Act
What is North/Former Union
300
This southern state that was often considered to be one of the most violent. Lamar Smith, a 63 year old WW2 veteran and 12 bodies were discovered on the search for 3 civil rights activists here
What is Mississippi
300
This Act was passed in 1968. It is considered to be a turning point in African American rights.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1968. It was a cause of the positive reaction of the Voting Rights Act
400
What methods of discrimination were outlawed by this Act
What are literacy tests, grandfather acts, poll taxes, etc.
400
How President Johnson felt about the Voting Rights Act
What is supportive
400
Where there is a trial challenging the Voting Rights Act and when it will take place
What is North Carolina and July, 2015
400
The march from Selma to ____ was widely considered to be one of the largest voting rights marches in history
What is Montgomery
400
In a recent supreme court case about the voting rights act, this part of the civil rights act was struck down.
What is the part that required states to get federal permission to change voting laws
500
The years this Act was amended and why
What is 1970, 1975, 1982, and 2006 in order to extend the relevance of the Voting Rights Act
500
The representative who played a major role in the passing of the act
Who is Representative William McCulloch
500
The states that Section 4 of the Act is applied to.
What are Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, and North Carolina because of the racial discrimination in their histories
500
How it was possible for Southern states, like North Carolina, to basically go against the Voting Rights Act.
What is Supreme Court invalidated Section 4 of the Act. This allowed states did not have to ask the government before changing their laws regarding voting.
500
The president who fought against these issues in a major way