Civil Rights and Voting Rights Answers

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

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?

How did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 stop discrimination in areas where voter eligibility tests were previously used?

The governor of Alabama during the Selma voting rights marches was

Literacy tests were banned by

Which event occurred in August of 1963?

During the 1960s, a federal civil rights act became necessary because

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

How was African American voter registration affected by the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

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