Which of the following statements about the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is not true?
A. A 2/3 majority in Congress overrode Lyndon Johnson’s veto to pass the act.
B. The act prohibited literacy tests.
C. The act applied more stringent standards to states that had a recent history of voter discrimination.
D. A state could be removed from coverage by convincing the District Court for the District of Columbia that no discrimination had been practiced for five years.
A. A 2/3 majority in Congress overrode Lyndon Johnson’s veto to pass the act.
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