Answer:
The correct answer is A. The laws passed during the Johnson administration that eliminated segregation in public places and discrimination in voting were the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Explanation:
Johnson assumed the Presidency after the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963.
Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned racial discrimination in public facilities and in any business or institution receiving federal funds. Once the Act was put into practice, its effects were far-reaching and had a huge long-term impact throughout the country. Discrimination was prohibited in public schools, in government, and in employment, invalidating the Jim Crow Laws in the southern United States. It became illegal to force the segregation of races in schools, housing, or hiring employees.
In 1965, the Voting Rights Act was passed, which banned discrimination in voting, thus allowing millions of southern African Americans to vote for the first time in the states of Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Virginia.
