3.3

• In what year was the Civil Rights Act signed?

  1964
• What did the Civil Rights Act ban?

  Segregation and discrimination in public places, education, and businesses
• What commission was created by the Civil Rights Act?

  An Equal Employment Commission
• What was the purpose of the Equal Employment Commission?

  To investigate discrimination in employment
• What condition was placed on federal funding to state schools or businesses?

  Federal funding would not be given to those that discriminated
• What requirement was established for voter registration tests?

  They had to be fair
• Who made civil rights a top priority?

  President Lyndon B. Johnson
• What events highlighted the need for a Voting Rights Bill?

  The Freedom Summer and Selma
• How did President Johnson expedite the Voting Rights Bill?

  He got it through Congress in record time
• What did the Voting Rights Act establish for voter registration?

  One fair national test for voter registration for everyone
• Who would supervise voter registration according to the Voting Rights Act?

  Federal agents