THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
JOHN F KENNEDY AND THE COLD WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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pass Civil Rights legislation
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pursue the war in Vietnam
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argue for more Jim Crow laws
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create the Department of Homeland Security
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Detailed explanation-1: -Despite Kennedy’s assassination in November of 1963, his proposal culminated in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President Lyndon Johnson signed it into law just a few hours after it was passed by Congress on July 2, 1964. The act outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels.
Detailed explanation-2: -Taking up Kennedy’s mantle, President Lyndon Johnson helped secure passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act, partially as a tribute to Kennedy. These two laws had dramatic impacts on American politics.
Detailed explanation-3: -Forty years ago, Johnson set out to do what he had done in 1957 and 1960 as Senate majority leader-steer a civil rights bill through a Congress controlled to a great extent by southern Democrats who so strongly opposed it.
Detailed explanation-4: -President Lyndon B. Johnson Signs 1968 Civil Rights Act, April 11, 1968 | IDCA.