Question

Which is true of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

Answer 1

❁ QUESTION ❁

Which is true of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?

A- President Johnson vetoed the bill, but Congress over rode his vétø.

B- Radical Republicans voted against its passage in Congress.

C- It gave voting rights to all men and women over the age of 18.

D- It restored all sécédéd states back into the Union.

❁ ANSWER ❁

A

❁ EXPLANATION ❁

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude." Although President Andrew Johnson vetoed the legislation, that veto was overturned by the 39th United States Congress and the and the bill became law. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was the nation's first civil rights law.