Author Question: In what ways are the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 similar? a. They both ... (Read 54 times)

Deast7027 · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

In what ways are the Fourteenth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 similar?

a. They both passed the strict scrutiny test administered by the Supreme Court.
b. They were both based on Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce.
c. They both sought equal rights for women.
d. They both sought equal rights for African Americans.

Question 2

Why did Congress pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

a. to facilitate the prosecution of those who had restricted the voting rights of African Americans
b. because it was clear that the South had no intention of living up to the spirit of the Fifteenth Amendment
c. because Congress was afraid the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. would lead a boycott of white businesses if the legislation was not passed
d. to prevent the race riots from spreading from African American neighborhoods into traditionally white neighborhoods