USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964 differed from earlier attempts to address minority rights by focusing on ending discrimination in the workplace. The Congressional group of senators that attempted to block civil rights reforms in the 1950s and early 1960s were primarily southern Democrats.

Detailed explanation-2: -Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil Rights Movement fought against racist policies which disctiminated against African Americans. The Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Detailed explanation-4: -It contained extensive measures to dismantle Jim Crow segregation and combat racial discrimination. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed barriers to black enfranchisement in the South, banning poll taxes, literacy tests, and other measures that effectively prevented African Americans from voting.

Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following is true of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? It outlawed segregation in public facilities on the basis of race, sex, or national origin.