Its important to first understand what civic duty means. Civic duties include, for example, obeying the laws of the country, paying the taxes levied by the government, or serving on a jury or as a witness in court. These are things that are required by citizens of a country. Thus to go beyond ones civic duty would be to do more than what is required of oneself for the betterment of the community. With that in mind the correct answers would be 1) Voting in local, state and national elections; 2) Volunteering to work at a local homeless shelter; and 4) Learning about major national issues being debated in Congress. <em>These three things are not required of citizens and thus would be going beyond ones civic duties. </em>
Lyndon Johnson and his push for civil rights for African Americans.
Johnson continued the push for civil rights that had been started by President John F. Kennedy. In the emotional days after JFK's assassination, President Johnson said in an address to Congress: "<span>No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long." The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed within months after the Kennedy assassination. The act outlawed discrimination in public places and in employment practices, and provided for integration of public schools.
Incidentally, in defense of Gerald Ford and his fight against high unemployment -- by the end of Ford's term in office, the unemployment rate had begun to improve. But it was too little, too late, and his reelection bid failed. (Voters also were reacting against the Republican administration due to the Nixon Watergate scandal.)</span>
"<span>b. They said there was no more room in the country to take in more immigrants" was not usually an argument given since the nation was still expanding to some extent, with plenty of room in the midwest and west. </span>
