The Civil Rights Act of 1964
(Political)
What is it?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended all of the segregation in public places between the blacks and whites. It also banned discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the work field. John F. Kennedy was the president who proposed the Civil Rights Act but it was signed by the supreme court during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. The Civil Rights Act was continued into 1965 when African Americans were granted the right to vote. Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 there was segregation in swing. Students who attended the University of Alabama were threatening the African Americans one hundred years after Lincoln freed the states from slavery. John F. Kennedy's goals were to make all men equal, and to treat the blacks the same as the whites were treated. He wanted all Americans to treat each other equally like the way they wanted to be treated. Equality was John F. Kennedy's number one goal and the Civil Rights Movement of 1964 supported all of his beliefs.
Why is it important?
This is important because it allowed all of the Americans to be treated equally. Before the Civil Rights Act black people had to ride on different parts of busses, sit at different tables, use different bathrooms, drink from different water fountains, and pretty much use their own things to stay away from all of the white people's stuff. White people were very rude to the African Americans and that was unacceptable in history. What if the situation was reversed, how would the white people like being treated like the black people were in the 1960's.
Is this progress?
Yes the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a progress in history. Without this act then African Americans could have still been treated very horribly by the white people. It was very unfair to the black people when they could no do the same things as white people in fear of being beat up or killed. Even the policemen during the 1960's had zero tolerance for the African Americans and they would go around beating them up if they caught the African Americans doing something they believed was "wrong." When African Americans gained the same rights as white Americans there was progress in history.
Leading to...
The Civil Rights Movement helped lead to the next era in history known as Vietnam because this would be the first war when the African Americans fought in the same troops as the white men. There could still be some white Americans unhappy with the African Americans earning equal rights during this time so in war the African Americans had to stick together and watch their backs. This is when the 'black power' of African American soldiers first started. The Civil Rights Movement helped lead to the war of Vietnam with a mixed military force from the United States.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended all of the segregation in public places between the blacks and whites. It also banned discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in the work field. John F. Kennedy was the president who proposed the Civil Rights Act but it was signed by the supreme court during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. The Civil Rights Act was continued into 1965 when African Americans were granted the right to vote. Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 there was segregation in swing. Students who attended the University of Alabama were threatening the African Americans one hundred years after Lincoln freed the states from slavery. John F. Kennedy's goals were to make all men equal, and to treat the blacks the same as the whites were treated. He wanted all Americans to treat each other equally like the way they wanted to be treated. Equality was John F. Kennedy's number one goal and the Civil Rights Movement of 1964 supported all of his beliefs.
Why is it important?
This is important because it allowed all of the Americans to be treated equally. Before the Civil Rights Act black people had to ride on different parts of busses, sit at different tables, use different bathrooms, drink from different water fountains, and pretty much use their own things to stay away from all of the white people's stuff. White people were very rude to the African Americans and that was unacceptable in history. What if the situation was reversed, how would the white people like being treated like the black people were in the 1960's.
Is this progress?
Yes the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a progress in history. Without this act then African Americans could have still been treated very horribly by the white people. It was very unfair to the black people when they could no do the same things as white people in fear of being beat up or killed. Even the policemen during the 1960's had zero tolerance for the African Americans and they would go around beating them up if they caught the African Americans doing something they believed was "wrong." When African Americans gained the same rights as white Americans there was progress in history.
Leading to...
The Civil Rights Movement helped lead to the next era in history known as Vietnam because this would be the first war when the African Americans fought in the same troops as the white men. There could still be some white Americans unhappy with the African Americans earning equal rights during this time so in war the African Americans had to stick together and watch their backs. This is when the 'black power' of African American soldiers first started. The Civil Rights Movement helped lead to the war of Vietnam with a mixed military force from the United States.