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1. What president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law?

2. The new law outlawed discrimination by employers based on what?

3. The slaves were set free after what war?

4. What were the laws called that enforced racial segregation?

5. True or False: Under the new law, public schools could still be segregated by race.

6. How many sections did the law have?

7. What political group filibustered against the law for 83 days?

8. What stopped President Kennedy from signing the law?

9. What law was passed in 1965 to insure that the right to vote was not denied based on race or color?

10. True or False: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 only protects civil rights based on race.