Voting Rights Act of 1965

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A law passed at the time of the civil rights movement. It eliminated various devices, such as literacy tests, that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people. It authorized the enrollment of voters by federal registrars in states where fewer than fifty percent of the eligible voters were registered or voted. All such states were in the South.

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How to use Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a sentence

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Every once in a while, they act swiftly and acknowledge the problem.
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He caught himself in the act of listening to you too credulously—and that seemed to him unmanly and dishonorable.
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He was aware that his act by this time, had helped nobody, had made no one happy or satisfied—not even himself.
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He had, however, recovered sufficiently to enable him to act with promptitude and discretion.
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This seems to be contrary to the spirit and intent of the act, which is primarily to centralize reserves in Federal Reserve Banks.
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The Act permits member banks to accept an amount of bills not exceeding 50 per cent.
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