NDRC’s Voter Suppression Quiz Question Title * 1. Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to protect African American voters from discriminatory voting regulations -- until the Supreme Court struck down key sections of the law. In what year after the Supreme Court’s decision did the U.S. hold the first presidential election without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act? A. 1972 B. 1992 C. 2000 D. 2016 Next