USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What legislation prohibited discrimination based on color, race, or religion in public places?
A
Brown v. Board of Education Decision
B
Racial Equality Act of 1956
C
Civil Rights Act of 1964
D
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The act forbids any kind of discrimination based on caste, creed, sex, race, religion, or nationality. It prohibits discrimination in employment, education, and the workplace.

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: -The Civil Rights Act passed by USA in 1964 prohibited discrimination on the basis of. No worries!

Detailed explanation-4: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was intended to end discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin in the United States. The act gave federal law enforcement agencies the power to prevent racial discrimination in employment, voting, and the use of public facilities.

Detailed explanation-5: -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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