Civil Rights Acts/Voting Rights Acts

When was the Civil Rights Act passed?

• 1964

• 1950

• 1994

• 2000

What did the Civil Rights Act do?

• Allow everyone the equal right to vote

• Outlawed discrimination based on race,religion, national order or gender

• Make it legal to segregate schools

When was the Voting Rights Act passed?

• 1964

• 1965

• 1985

• 2001

What did the Voting Rights act do?

• ban segregation in public places.

• gave women the right to vote.

• gave all African Americans the right to vote without having to take literacy tests.

Who signed both the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act?

• JFK

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• FDR

• Harry Truman