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The Government and how they dealt with civil rights
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What year was the Civil Rights Act ending segregation in public places passed?

1964

Which title of the 1964 Act banned discrimination in hotels, restaurants & theatres?

Title II

What commission did Title VII of the 1964 Act establish?

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Which discriminatory practices did the 1965 Voting Rights Act address?

Poll taxes & literacy tests

What did Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act require jurisdictions to obtain?

Federal approval before changing voting laws

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968 also known as?

The Fair Housing Act

What did the 1968 Act prohibit discrimination in?

Housing sale, rental & financing

How many African American students did Eisenhower help enter Little Rock school in 1957?

Nine

What did the federal government send to protect Freedom Rides activists in 1961?

Federal marshals

Which president used political skill to push through the Civil Rights & Voting Rights Acts?

Lyndon B. Johnson

What did Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declare unconstitutional?

School segregation

What laws did Loving v. Virginia (1967) strike down?

Laws banning interracial marriage

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