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title: "How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 impact political participation?"  
description: "How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 impact political participation?"  
author: "Ward ryan"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42443/how-did-the-passage-of-the-voting-rights-act-of-1965-impact-political-participation  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How did the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 impact political participation? 

How did the passage of the [Voting Rights](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40570/why-were-whites-in-mississippi-afraid-of-african-american-voting-rights) Act of 1965 [impact](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44109/the-importance-of-b2b-marketers-and-their-impact-on-the-company) political participation?


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