Civil RIghts DBQ: Doc C

Which vote, popular or electoral, decides the final outcome of the presidential election?

• The electoral vote

• the popular vote

• the local vote

• congressional vote

Senator Russell told LBJ that the civil rights bill would cost him the election.

• True

• False

Johnson's response to Senator Russell, "If thats the price I have to pay, I'll pay it gladly" suggest his passage of the civil rights bill was based on

• his principles

• his politics

How many electoral votes did Kennedy win in the 1960 Presidential election?

• 303

• 250

• 15

• 219