Question

Refer to the table.

A 3 column table with 4 rows titled Congressional Voting, Civil Rights Act of 1957. Column 1 has entries House Republican, House Democrat, Senate Republican, Senate Democrat. Column 2 is labeled Yes, with entries 167, 119, 43, 29. Column 3 is labeled No with entries 19, 107, 0, 18.

What does the table show about how Congress voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1957? Check all that apply.
The majority of both parties opposed the bill.
More Republicans than Democrats opposed the bill.
More Democrats than Republicans opposed the bill.
The majority of both parties voted in favor of the bill.
All Senate Republicans voted in favor of the bill.

Answer 1

Select:
- More Democrats than Republicans opposed the bill.
- The majority of both parties voted in favor of the bill.
- All Senate Republicans voted in favor of the bill.

Brief reasons:
- Opposed totals: Republicans 19 (19+0), Democrats 125 (107+18) → more Democrats opposed.
- Favor totals: Republicans 210 (167+43), Democrats 148 (119+29) → majorities of both parties voted yes.
- Senate Republicans: 43 yes, 0 no → all voted yes.