Question

PART A: Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text?

A) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was notable for being the first major government action taken to address discrimination on the basis of race.

B) While state governments were overwhelmingly supportive of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal government continued to obstruct the progress of any legislation.

C) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 successfully ended racial discrimination, but people continued to experience discrimination based on other identifying traits.

D) The important protections promised by Civil Rights Act of 1964 were the result of significant activism by advocates, as well as the leadership of elected officials.

Commonlit: The Civil Rights Act Of 1964

Answer 1

Answer:

D) The important protections promised by Civil Rights Act of 1964 were the result of significant activism by advocates, as well as the leadership of elected officials.

Explanation:

The section, Civil Rights Act of 1964 in Common Lit talked about the various efforts by activists such as Martin Luther King and many others who faced persecution, discrimination, who were not allowed to enter the same places as whites, or be in the same schools.

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sympathetic to the cause and proceeded to write a bill to the House about passing the Civil Rights law in 1963, prior to his assassination.

The Bill was debated for a long time in the house with opponents attempting to obstruct it, but it was signed into law in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson.