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The 1960 Civil Rights Act
Eisenhower influence
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9th Grade
04/28/2014

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The Civil Rights Act was started in the late 1958.
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Eisenhower introduced another civil rights bill in late 1958, this led to a violent outbreak of bombings against churches and schools.
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The 1960 Civil Rights Act introduced penalties against people that obstructed someone to register or vote.
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The outcome only added an extra 3% Black voters for the 1960 election.
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1960 The civil Rights act was introduced in Eisenhower's presidency. Eisenhower hadnt been known for his supports for civil rights.
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People stated he only did it to win the BLACK VOTE
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20% Afro American registered to vote.
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In america its up to each person to take the responsability to register, differently to england.
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The aim of the bill was to increase the black population votes.

 

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Any person that tried to obstruct someone from voting would hardly get punished.
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Only whites formed jury members.
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Black people were divided with regards to the bill.
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The Civil rights act of 1964 was born in the presidency of JFK
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JFK had opposed Eisenhower's Act to keep Democrats Hierarchy
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57% of Africans houses were unacceptable. Their live expectancy was 7 years less than whites.
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African mortality was twice as great as whites. Properties values would drop of an African family moved to a neiborghoud that wasnt ghetto.
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The 1964 Act had resulted in an outbreak of violence
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Racists launched a campaign agaisnt Marin Luther King.
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MLK tried getting African Americans to vote.
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Johnsons was concerned, all you needed to vote was being american and having your name registered in the electoral list.
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