Congress played a significant role in expanding rights to marginalized Americans during the 20th century. Here are a few examples.
1) 19th amendment- This constitutional amendment gave women in the United States the right to vote.
2) Civil Rights Act 1964- This law ended segregation in public places. This included movie theaters, restaurants, parks, etc.
3) Voting Rights Act of 1965- This law got rid of poll taxes, grandfather clauses, and literacy tests. During the late 19th and early 20th century, all of these were used as a means to prevent African-American citizens from voting. Thanks to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, all of these types of obstacles to stop African-Americans from voting were now illegal.
They used fear and intimidation to prevent African Americans from voting
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The ancient civilization known to men were the Sumerians. Modern history dates the establishment of the Sumerians approximately 5000 BC. They settled in the middle of the Tigris and Euphrates River, in the Middle East region of what today is Iraq. They founded powerful city-states such as Uruk, Ur, Eridu, Nippur, Kish, and Lagash.
Then, the ancient Egypt civilization. They settled in the banks of the Nile River in North Africa. Historians debate on its origin but some agree that it was approximately 3500 to 3000 BC.
The Indus Valley civlization settled in the northwest part of South Asia, next to the Indus River, almost 3000 to 2500 BC.
Article 2 of the United States Constitution is the section that makes the executive branch of the government. The Executive branch of the government is the branch that has the responsibility and authority for the administration throughout the day of the state.
