Please match the definition to the issue. (U9.2) (U11.1) (Units 9-12 EOC Study Notes) TEKS - 9(G),

Question

22(B) (16 points)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Equal Employment Opportunity

Voting Rights Act of 1965

The 24th Amendment

Includes protections on the basis of more than race and national origin. It protects women and religious groups. Title VII of the act prohibits
discrimination in hiring on the basis of "race, color, religion, sex, and national origin." It ended segregation and required equal treatment of
minorities in the workplace.

Prohibited states and local governments from passing laws that discriminated against voters based on their race. Literacy tests and other barriers to
voting that had kept ethnic minorities from the polls were outlawed.

# Government agencies could no longer discriminate in their employment practices.

# It specifically prohibited the imposition of poll taxes on voters. Poverty would no longer serve as an obstacle to voting.

Answer 1

Here are the matched definitions to their corresponding issues:

1. Civil Rights Act of 1964

   • Definition: Includes protections on the basis of more than race and national origin. It protects women and religious groups. Title VII of the act prohibits discrimination in hiring on the basis of "race, color, religion, sex, and national origin." It ended segregation and required equal treatment of minorities in the workplace.

2. Equal Employment Opportunity

   • Definition: Government agencies could no longer discriminate in their employment practices.

3. Voting Rights Act of 1965

   • Definition: Prohibited states and local governments from passing laws that discriminated against voters based on their race. Literacy tests and other barriers to voting that had kept ethnic minorities from the polls were outlawed.

4. The 24th Amendment

   • Definition: It specifically prohibited the imposition of poll taxes on voters. Poverty would no longer serve as an obstacle to voting.