Why did Congress pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a. the Supreme Court had determined that only the national government could regulate elections –
b. because it was clear that many areas in the South had no intention of living up to the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment
c. because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed
d. to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods


b

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