Civil Rights Acts, 1957 and 1960

Question 1

Did Eisenhower personally support integration? what made him pubically support?

Answer 1

Behind closed doors Eisenhower was deeply opposed to integration, Eisenhower had felt pubically obligated after the brown decision on education

Question 2

What did Eisenhower do once he got back in white house? what was the significance of this?

Answer 2

Once back in the white house he authorised the Senate majority leader Lyndon Baines Johnson to steer the Civil Rights Act of 1957 through the senate. Although it had to be watered down considerably, this Act represented the first civil rights legislation for 82 years

Question 3

What did the civil rights act of 1957 do?

Answer 3

It empowered Justice Departments to initate law-suits in voting rights cases. It also established the bipartisan civil rights Commission to investigate violations of the law

Question 4

What was the negatives of the Civil rights act of 1957 being passed?

Answer 4

It strengthened the resolve of southern white politicians who stiffened with the passage of this legislation. And white segregationists continued to prevent blacks from voting wherever possible by making it virtual impossible for blacks to register to vote

Question 5

What did the civil rights act of 1960 do?

Answer 5

Only slightly strengthened the provisions of the first measure. Those provided for the enrolment of qualified blacks by voting’s referees appointed by Federal district court judges in areas where local registrars had denied such persons in the right to vote. Voting records were also to be persevered for 22 months and subject to federal subject federal inspection.

Question 6

What was the reaction of both acts from the civil rights leaders?

Answer 6

Martin Luther king and Roy Wilkens gave lukewarm support whereas Rustin Bayard believed that the passage of both Acts implied a new attitude on the part of both Acts implied a new attitude on the part of the federal government.