Which best describes the voting rights act of 1965? it took away government tools for ensuring voting rights. it allowed the use of literacy tests to determine voting eligibility. it allowed some areas to supervise their own voter registration. it protected voting rights for all americans by taking away qualifications.

The answer is "It protected voting rights for all Americans by taking away qualifications."

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a US federal law that presents several provisions to regulate the voting elections, with the purpose of protecting the voting rights of all American (especially African Americans') as stated in the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Back in the day, it was very common that election officials put conditions and obstacles to African American's right to vote, for example, they would tell them that they had gotten the date, time or polling place wrong, that they possessed insufficient literacy skills, that they had filled out an application incorrectly or they had to recite the whole Constitution or to take literacy tests.

The Voting Rights Act specifically prohibited the states and the local government to make these types of actions, and others, that resulted in discrimination toward black people, provided provisions to the oversight of voter registration in certain areas and investigated the use of poll taxes.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is best described as it protects voting rights for all Americans by taking away qualifications.

Further Explanations :

The “Voting Rights Act” enforced in the United States in  1965was a federal law representing several provisions to regulate affair elections in the realm. It proposes the provision of  protecting the voting rights ofthe inhabitants of America especially “African Americans”. These provisions are explicitly  stated in the “15th Amendment”of the Constitution.

Before, it was a well-known fact that  during the election  the election in-charge were creating obstacles in the practicing of voting rights by African American. They were not provided correct data of the date,time and place of the election. Though the citizens were illiterate so their applications were  also rejected with the excuse of being wrongly filled. They were  even compelled to go through  literacy tests and recite the whole constitution. The act explicitly prohibited the states and the official from practicing these types of actions and provided provisions that would help in eradicating the discrimination  in those areas.  

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Answer Details:

Grade: High school

Subject: US History  

Chapter: Voting Rights Act

Keywords: Voting Rights Act, United States, federal law, African Americans, 15th Amendment, Constitution, African American, applications, whole constitution, discrimination, date,time, place