Question

What action did President Johnson take regarding President Kennedy’s proposed Civil Rights Act?
He vetoed the bill after Congress passed it.
He convinced many legislators to vote against it.
He rewrote it to make its requirements stricter.
He used public sympathy to push it through Congress.

Answer 1

He used public sympathy to push it through Congress. Johnson capitalized on the national mourning after Kennedy’s assassination and used his political skill to get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed.