Describe the key provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Be specific about the importance of this legislation to African Americans
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Civil Rights Act: prohibited discrimination in employment, voting, and access to public facilities, and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Voting Rights Act: prohibited literacy tests for voting and sent federal examiners to register African-American voters. These two pieces of civil rights legislation desegregated hotels, restaurants, and other public accommodations, established the basis of thousands of legal challenges to racial discrimination, and registered hundreds of thousands of African-American voters in the South.
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A. a discomfort with modern radio shows and how they are presented B. a growing cultural trend in the United States--sports talk radio C. a nostalgia for the radio programs of the past, which leads to a generally older audience D. a disinterest in radio as an entertainment source, with fewer and fewer listeners each year
When World War I began, Woodrow Wilson urged Americans to
a) remain neutral. b) join the British and the French. c) join the Germans. d) fight covertly on either side. e) remain publicly neutral but to covertly support the British and French.
Much of the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s rested on the underpinnings of
a. foreign aid. b. income and business tax cuts on the wealthy. c. foreign trade. d. a thriving automobile industry. e. colossal military budgets.
In a review of longitudinal studies, White, Hughto and Reisner (2016) found what effects of hormone treatments among Transwomen and Transmen?
A. Transmen showed significant declines in their physical health. B. Both Transmen and Transwomen showed significant decreases in anxiety and depression. C. Transwomen showed increased rates of depression while Transmen showed decreased rates. D. Hormone treatments had no effects on mental health.