USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
True or False:President Johnson signed both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act during his time in the White House.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights bill into law in a White House ceremony.

Detailed explanation-2: -By signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964 in the East Room of the White House, President Johnson helped eliminate voting discrimination against African Americans. The act also abolished racial discrimination in public facilities and in public education. Martin Luther King Jr.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs 1968 Civil Rights Act, April 11, 1968 | IDCA.

Detailed explanation-4: -This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.

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