What was the purpose of the massive civil rights march on washington in august 1963? to put on concerts and speeches for enterta
inment to protest the violence by police in the south against protestors to use violence to gain momentum for the civil rights movement to put pressure on congress to pass a civil rights bill description?
The correct answer is to put pressure on Congress to pass a civil rights bill.
The March on Washington was a momentous event in the Civil Rights movement. This was where Martin Luther King Jr gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The goal of this march was to show the support of American citizens for a civil rights bill that would help ensure legal and social equality for black citizens.
Even though it did not happen in 1963, the Civil Rights Act passed the next year thanks to peaceful protests, marches, and the work by the Kennedy and Johnson administration.
The Louisiana Purchase, which was purchased by the United States from France, greatly impacted the development of the US in that it gave the US a large area of land for extremely cheap.
