"In the presence of a growing national civil rights movement, President Lyndon Johnson issued a call for strong voting rights laws in 1965. The Voting Rights Act, signed into law in August 1965, suspended literacy tests and provided for the
appointment of federal examiners with the power to register qualified citizens to vote.
On being signed into law, the act had an almost immediate impact In South Carolina the number of American Americans
registered to vote rose dramatically. In 1964, 38.7 percent of voting-age African Americans were registered. Four years later
that number climbed to 50.8 percent. There were also gains in African American political participation. Less than a decade
after the passage of the act, the number of African American legislators had risen to thirteen.
from "The South Carolina Encyclopedia"
Which of these BEST explains the actual impact of literacy tests in the South?
A)
They limited the number of uneducated voters.
B)
They limited the number of Democratic voters.
C)
They limited the number of Republican voters.
D
They Limited the number of African American voters,
I

the progressive era is a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the united states that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s.[1] the main objectives of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.

the movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses. by taking down these corrupt representatives in office, a further means of direct democracy would be established. they also sought regulation of monopolies (trust busting) and corporations through antitrust laws, which were seen as a way to promote equal competition for the advantage of legitimate competitors.

many progressives supported prohibition of alcoholic beverages, ostensibly to destroy the political power of local bosses based in saloons, but others out of a religious motivation. at the same time, women's suffrage was promoted to bring a "purer" female vote into the arena.a third theme was building an efficiency movement in every sector that could identify old ways that needed modernizing, and bring to bear scientific, medical and engineering solutions; a key part of the efficiency movement was scientific management, or "taylorism".

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