THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

Question 1

When was the Civil Rights Act signed? by who?

Answer 1

On 2nd July 1964 President Lyndon Johnson

Question 2

Name 1 policy of the Civil Rights Act 1964

Answer 2

BANNED segregation and discrimination in public places, education and businesses

Question 3

Name another policy of the Civil Rights Act 1964

Answer 3

Voting registration tests had to be fair and the same for black and whites

Question 4

Name a 3rd policy of the Civil Rights Act 1964

Answer 4

Discrimination in employment BANNED!

EOC
—) the EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES COMMISSION set up to investigate discrimination in employment

Question 5

Name a 4th policy of the Civil Rights Act 1964

Answer 5

federal government could REMOVE funding from state projects that discriminated

Question 6

Why was the Civil Rights Act 1964 significant?

Answer 6

ended legal segregation, but couldn’t eradicate discrimination because laws hard to enforce

Question 7

What was the reaction of the Civil Rights Act 1964?

Answer 7

southerners angered by the severity of it AA angry that it could have went further