Civil Rights and Voting Rights Answers

Read the excerpt from an article written by President Barack Obama, reflecting on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law—breaking down legal barriers at the state and local level that had prevented African Americans and others from exercising their constitutional right to vote.Because of that law—one of our nation's most influential pieces of legislation—Americans who were previously disenfranchised and left out of the democratic process were finally able to cast a ballot. The law was designed to ensure that all American citizens, regardless of the color of their skin, had an equal opportunity to make their voices heard.How did the Voting Rights Act expand the ability of Americans to vote?

During the first Selma voting rights march on March 7, 1965,

The “I Have a Dream” speech referred to which historic American document?

Which provisions did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 include?

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Read the passage.The first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction was signed by President Eisenhower in 1957. "No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate [for national office] . . . ." –Civil Rights Act of 1957Based on the passage, what inference can be made about why President Eisenhower supported the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

According to President Kennedy's June 11, 1963, statement, every American should enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to what?

Refer to the table.What does the table show about how Congress voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1957? Check all that apply.

Refer to the table.According to the yes and no votes shown in the table, who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

A result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was that