EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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Passage of “Jim Crow” Laws
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Passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882
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Passage of immigration legislation in the 1920’s
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Passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964, more than 100 years after the end of the Civil War, sought to finally guarantee the equality of all races and creeds in the United States.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the Birmingham police reacted to a peaceful desegregation demonstration in May 1963 by using fire hoses and unleashing police dogs to break up thousands of demonstrators, President Kennedy introduced the Civil Rights Act in a June 12 speech.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -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. On this date, the House of Representatives passed the final version of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.