Answer:
a. The major goal of the civil rights movement was to remove RACIAL DISCRIMINATION or INEQUALITY and SEGREGATION from society.
b. The laws the civil rights movement worked to remove are basically Jim Crows laws which included:
1. Laws that discriminate against sex, color, religion and race of people in a work environment
2. Laws that don't provide equal housing opportunities for people because if their color, race or religion.
3. Laws that led to discrimination an segregation in the Army.
4. Laws that do not protect the voting rights of people.
5. Laws involving segregation in a school environment.
Explanation:
The Civil Right Movement was a movement that started in the 1940s and ended in the 1960s. It was the coming together of a group of black people to fight against racial discrimination and segregation in the American Society.
Because of the Civil Rights Movement, the following laws were signed into place.
a. The Fair Housing Act also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which provided people of all race, religion and color with equal housing opportunities void of any form of discrimination.
b. Civil Rights Act of 1957 was signed into law by President Eisenhower to protect the voting rights of the people of America. People regardless of their colour, race or religion were allowed to cast their votes during election periods in America.
c. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was
signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson which put
a stop to discrimination in employment because of race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
