Question

Which of the following items helped President Johnson persuade Congress to pass Kennedy’s civil rights legislation?

Answer 1

The correct answer is public sympathy

Answer 2

The correct answer is public sympathy.

President Lyndon B Johnson convinced the US Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after Kennedy's assassination. This civil rights legislation was one of the bills Kennedy was working on before his untimely death. Johnson spoke to the American public and Congress about how this was one of Kennedy's goals and that we should pass this bill in his honor.