THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
DWIGHT D EISENHOWER AND THE COLD WAR
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Question
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Which piece of legislation was passed to increase African American voting in the South?
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Executive Order 9066
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Civil Rights Act of 1957
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Executive Order 800
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The result was the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. The new act established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Civil Rights Act of 1957, September 9, 1957.
Detailed explanation-3: -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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