PART A: Which TWO of the following best identify the central themes of this article?

A
While Congress has the right to overrule changes states make to their voting laws, members of Congress generally refrain from doing so out of respect for states’ rights.
B
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which followed on the heels of a deadly clash known as “Bloody Sunday,” greatly increased the participation of African-Americans in elections.
C
The advances Lyndon B. Johnson made in terms of civil rights in the United States were only possible because of his control over a substantial military force.
D
Though many of us take the right to vote for granted today, African-Americans went through years of protests before their voting rights were secured.
E
Recent adjustments to the civil rights legislation of the 1960s, such as in the case of Shelby County v. Holder, has effectively undone President Johnson’s achievements.
F
Advocates of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 believed that American election system was rigged such that only a small minority of “ruling elites” actually chose elected officials.

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