The federal legislation that outlawed the use of literacy tests as intimidation tactics to keep minority citizens from accessing the polling places was the
a. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857).
b. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
c. Civil Rights Act of 1964.
d. Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
e. Equal Rights Amendment of 1971.
ANS: B
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