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Use the following links to resources to help you address this week's questions:

Civil Rights Act of 1964
https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964

Voting Rights Act of 1965
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100&page=transcript

1. What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?  Cite specific evidence from the act to support your answer.

2. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish?  Cite specific evidence from the act to support your answer.

3. Did the Civil Rights Movement succeed or fail?  How do you know?

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1. Although there is a lot packed into the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one thing that most people have heard about is where it says, "It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." This is important to remember because it helps to prevent discrimination when it comes to employment. Although many people think of the Civil Rights Act benefiting African Americans, it did so much more than that because it included other things such as race, religion, gender, and national origin. These others groups were added to help protect other minorities who would also have start to fight for their rights after they witnessed the success of African Americans.

2. The big accomplishment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was that it was passed in order to help enforce the 15th Amendment. This act sought to remove the many barriers that prevented African Americans from voting: "African Americans in the South faced tremendous obstacles to voting, including poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bureaucratic restrictions to deny them the right to vote." These were some of the obstacles that people faced, and I remember taking a look at one of the literacy tests in class, and the questions were written in a way to trip people up. Even as an English speaker myself, I was still confused by what the questions were asking; however, there were ways around these for whites so that they could still vote. With these barriers removed, it was finally possible for African Americans to vote in large numbers.

3. I think that the Civil Rights Movement was a success because it helped to raise the economic status of many African Americans since they were finally able to do things such as attend integrated schools, integrated buildings, and vote without restrictions. Another thing about the Africans Americans movement is that it helped to foster movements for other groups of people such as Native Americans, Mexicans, and women because they all believed that they could do the same. One way to see the success of the movement was all of the acts that were enacted during the time along with how much society had changed to allow blacks and whites to do stuff together even though there was still lots of push back.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 put into place a lot of protections for Americans, but most notably it prevented the discrimination of workers based on race, religion, gender, etcetera.  A quote from the act says, It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."  This act meant that African Americans would be a major group receiving equal opportunities at jobs, but also people or other religions and women.  This played a very large role in the Civil Rights Movement as this act was near the middle of the movement, and supplied momentum to the protestors that would later make the country completely equal.
2.  The Voting Rights Act of 1965 got rid of literary tests prior to voting in the south.  This meant that more African Americans were able to vote without taking these rigged tests and meant more equal elections that would allow change in who was in power.  A quote that really sums up the Voting Rights Act of 1965 says, "No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color."  This act aided the 15th Amendment and gave African Americans the same right to vote as white men.
3. The Civil Rights Movement can certainly be seen as a success, especially regarding how far our nation has come when it comes to equality. African Americans finally received the equality they deserved through the Civil Rights Movement and this in turn this meant there were more people working, more goods being produced, and all around a better economy. I know that the Civil Rights Movement was a success because of where America is today. Every part of a movement plays an important part, even if it is a failure, and African Americans eventually reached their goal making this movement a success. On top of that there was an immense amount of acts passed during this movement that ensured the equality for years to come.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 focused on ending discrimination within employment. People may only think about discrimination towards a race, but in reality there are multiple other factors. The act states, "It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual..." This line sums up what the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was aiming to accomplish. It highlights more than just race, including all variations of discrimination that we may fail to recognize.
2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 allowed the 15th amendment to be effective. It outlawed the barriers that southern states enforced to restrict voting from African Americans. This included literacy tests and poll taxes.
3. I feel although there was progress it wasn't a success. If it was a success there wouldn't have been the largest Civil Rights movement in history in 2020. These issues involving discrimination would be solved, and people wouldn't have to keep fighting for basic human rights.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevented discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. More specifically, employers could not discriminate when it came to hiring, promoting, and firing.  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 states, "It shall be unlawful employment practice for an employer to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." This means that no person can be discriminated against by an employer in any way. Not only did it free African Americans from discrimination, it also included other minorities.

2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed the obstacles that African Americans faced to be able to vote. This includes the literacy tests, poll taxes, and other restrictions. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 states, "it is necessary to prohibit the States from conditioning the right to vote of such persons ability to read, write, understand, or interpret any matter in the English language." This means that literacy tests were illegal, and more African Americans were able to vote.

3. The Civil Rights Movement succeeded because African Americans gained Civil Rights. The movement pushed the idea that everyone is equal, no matter the race. It even caused the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to be passed. People could no longer discriminate, and African Americans did no have the same voting restrictions. The change that the Civil Rights Movement fought for became the reality for African Americans.

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1. The Civil Rights Act accomplished limited discrimination within the workplace where the employer cannot discriminate against race, color, gender, and religion. These rights were given to Americans and accomplished the goal of no discrimination between the employer and the employee based on any practice or physical attributes of a person. In Section 703 under Unlawful Employment Practices it states,"It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." Meaning that it is criminal to refuse to employ an individual based on any factors not seen fit by the stated terms. This act protects minorities from discrimination within the work place and furthers help individuals to be treated as an equal in a workplace.

2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a reinforcement for the 15th amendment for black Americans to be given the right to vote. But with the fifteenth amendment came many ways that the South tried to create harder obstacles so that these new voters couldn't vote due to such tests, like the literacy test. With this act being installed, it criminalized these practices. As stated in the beginning of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In Section 2 of the document it states,"No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." The act enforced the amendment and gave black Americans the full opportunity to vote without those obstacles  placed on them.

3. The Civil Rights Movement was a success that came with a lot of hardship for those fighting for the cause. It opened conversations and debates within communities and people that needed to be faced. It called for action from the people and the government to let people have equality without the segregation and racism. That's where there was success for this movement. People coming together for the better. But it is easy to say that there are still times in today's history where you see the Civil Rights Movement still being in play, even now. This is where it can be concluded that the fight still isn't over for people.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prevented discrimination on the race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Which therefore, allowed equal employment opportunities for others. From [section 703] "Unlawful employment practices" it stated that, "It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." Making this act beneficial to those African Americans who had been discriminated and got the stand they deserved to have.
2. "The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the discriminatory voting practices after the Civil War" (Voting Rights Act (1965), National Archives.) This happened because African Americans in the South faced racial discrimination for the color of their skin while voting, doing poll taxes, literary tests and so on. Doing these things that regular Americans did would risk them to getting harassed and physical violence when registering to vote. If it weren't for this act it's a possibility that those of color would still not be able to vote in today's day.
3. The Civil Rights Movement did succeed. It succeeded because it brought those of color to riot and stand up for those who were different than the whites. The Black Power movement till this day shares that the Blacks deserve to have the same equality that the Americans have and that their skin color doesn't dignify them.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplished discrimination of race, sex, religion, etc. A quote from the act simply states, "It shall be unlawful employment practice for an employer to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." Which is basically saying that it is a criminal to refuse to employ an individual based on things not seen fit by certain terms. It also meant that African Americans would be a major group receiving equal opportunities at jobs. It had played a big part within the Civil Rights movement.

2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had accomplished was that it had allowed the 15th Amendment to be effective. It had also removed issues that African Americans had faced in order to vote. Such as poll taxes and more. A quote that is able to explain more about the Voting Rights Act states, "No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." This had the caused African Americans to be able to vote.

3. I feel that the Civil Rights Movement did succeed. I feel this way because it had helped raise status towards many African Americans because they were then allowed to go to integrated schools, etc. without any issues or problems. It had also helped with debates within the communities. It allowed the government to let people also have equality without any racism. I know this because even looking at current time the Movement is still happening.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was mainly focused on ending discrimination. "It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual. This basically means that just because someone is African American, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be hired because of their race. This is helping out African Americans in finding them a job.
2. The voting Rights Act of 1965 was a huge part of making the 15th amendment effective, and actually useful. This helped African Americans be able to vote without the restrictions of the test that they would have to take to vote, and the huge fee that they had to pay to vote. This was very helpful.
3. The Civil Rights Movement wasn't very successful i don't think. I think that a lot of positives came out of the movement, but I think that to this day racism, and discrimination, is still a huge issue. I think that African Americans, and other races are treated differently and don't get as many human rights as they should have. I could be wrong though. A couple years go there was the issue with the George Floyd incident and that was a pretty serious issue for America. If this movement was successful that would've been avoided.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal. It made it so that people couldn't be judged on their race, sex, religion,  color, or national origin. The law states, "It shall be unlawful employment practice for an employer to limit, segregate, or classify his employees or applicants for employment in any way which would deprive or tend to deprive any individual of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of an individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."

2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the discriminatory voting practices used in many southern states, including literary tests as a prerequisite to voting.

3. I think the civil rights movement was very effective, over time. It the beginning it was a little effective, but people were still very racist and prejudice for a while after that. But now, even thought we still have very racist and sexists people, our world is more accepting than ever.

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1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned employment discrimination based on race/color, sex, religion, and national origin. This means that someone couldn't refuse to hire someone or fire someone simply because they were black, Jewish, a woman, etc. There needed to be actual probable cause and no bias against the person solely because of their given identity in order to not hire them or fire them. (the link you posted only shows the employment section of the act) This act also helped to end segregation within businesses and public places. This meant that places such as swimming pools, movie theaters, and restaurants couldn't refuse service to black people (or anyone for that matter). Overall more things were allowed to be integrated and discrimination was said to be prohibited. Title II section 201 says, "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges,..... without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin." This act was to help with equal opportunity and to help end discrimination.

2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped to end certain discriminating voting rules that were put in place in order to keep certain people from voting (black people). The 15th amendment eradicated certain voting laws, and made it legal for black men to vote. But of course, certain limitations were put in place to where it was extremely difficult for these men to vote, such as taxes and literacy tests. It was even more difficult for black women to vote, because until 1920 no woman could vote, and black women were at an even lesser advantage with their voting rights than white men & women, and black men. This act got rid of some of those literacy tests and poll taxes that kept many of those black Americans from voting for all that time, and allowed the opportunity for more black women the right to vote. Section II of the act says, "No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting... shall be imposed or applied.. to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color." This is what overall ended the voting discrimination within the US.

3. The Civil Rights movement succeeded for what it was. It could have been better and it could have been done sooner of course, but for the circumstances and the oppression that black Americans faced in that time.. I'd say that they made the best of what it was and did a lot of good for their community. It is unfortunate that so much loss had to come with it, and loss and oppression within their community still exists today, but it really was successful for what they had to work with. The Civil Rights Movement hasn't really ended though. It might be more known for its time in the 60s, but when there are still black people being murdered in cold blood with no justice to this day and people fighting out in the streets for them.. that tells us that the movement never really ended. It hasn't failed, it just hasn't reached its full momentum quite yet.

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1) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forced a lack of discrimination involving race, religion, sex, and national origin. This allowed equal employment opportunities, which is shown in section 703. It stated, "It shall be unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis or his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin." This caused more equality, even though there was still plenty of racism and sexism in the country.
2)The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the descrimination of voting practices adopted in the south including literacy tests as a prerequaset to voting, and other things put into place in the south after the Civil War. It reinforced the 15th amendment, and took out many loop holes. However, now many are trying to find new loop holes, but that isn't important for this question. The act states in section 2, that "No voting, or standard practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the united states to vote on account of race or color." The act enforced what was already a law, and gave African Americans a better opportunity to vote, excluding the obstacles put in place by the south.
3) The civil rights movement succeeded overall, but I assume the people during that time didn't believe that I did. We still have a very long way to go, but the civil rights movement made a good amount of progress. Not only through laws, but through awareness.

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1. The civil rights act initiated the prevention of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and color. This applied in the work place when it came to employers and the reason for hiring or firing.
2. The Voting Right Act made the 15th amendment effective. It removed the issues that the African Americans faced in order to vote. It states, "No voting qualification..." which made the voting process possible for the African Americans.
3. I think that the Civil Rights Movement did succeed because it did what it was supposed to do, enact change. It brought the African Americans and those who recognized they deserved better treatment to take a stand.

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#1) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was mainly focused on the ending o discrimination and segregation towards minorities. What this act states is that "
it shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer -

(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin."

I think that this act really summarizes what they were trying to do in the 60's. It explains what they wanted to accomplish and what they wanted their outcome to be.