Asked by justin

Which best explains why many African Americans had not registered to vote by the 1960s?
They lacked transportation to voting registration sites.
They failed to complete their voter registration forms in time.
They were intimidated by violent threats and actions.
They were not interested in a government that segregated them.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
They were intimidated by violent threats and actions.

Explanation: In the Jim Crow South many Black people were deterred from registering by violent intimidation, economic reprisals, discriminatory registrars, and other voter-suppression tactics (literacy tests, poll taxes) designed to keep them from voting.