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PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

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Read these sentences from the text:"Following the Civil War (1861-1865), a trio of constitutional amendments abolished slavery, made the former slaves citizens and gave all men the right to vote regardless of race. Nonetheless, many states-particularly in the South-used poll taxes, literacy tests and other similar measures to keep their African-American residents essentially disenfranchised. They also enforced strict segregation though “Jim Crow” laws and condoned violence from white supremacist groups like the ku klux klan."Based on evidence in the text, why might the Civil Rights Act have been necessary?
A
because resistance in many states still prevented African Americans from exercising their rights as citizens
B
because poll taxes, literacy test, and other similar measures were not yet standardized
C
because women were still being discriminated against with regards to employment
D
because individual liberties and states’ rights did not yet have power over federal law
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. Those gathered behind President Johnson at the bill signing included civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and future District of Columbia Delegate Walter Fauntroy.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1964, Congress passed Public Law 88-352 (78 Stat. 241). The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing.

Detailed explanation-3: -In response to a new wave of protest, the U.S. Congress soon followed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act focused on redressing the legacy of discrimination against African Americans’ access to the ballot.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin, is considered one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement.

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