Question

What impact did the civil rights movement have on US immigration policies in the 1960s?
It made people more aware of the need for equality and fairness in policies.
Racial tensions related to the movement led to fewer people being allowed to immigrate.
It led to the institution of policies that encouraged discrimination.
It led people to believe that long-standing policies would never be changed.

Answer 1

The first statement is correct.

The civil rights movement helped shift public and political opinion toward equality and fairness, which contributed directly to immigration reform in the 1960s — most notably the Immigration and Nationality Act (Hart-Celler Act) of 1965. That law abolished the racially based national‑origins quota system established in the 1920s, replaced it with a system based on family reunification and skills, and opened U.S. immigration to much larger numbers from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The other statements are incorrect: immigration did not decrease because of the movement, the new policies reduced institutional discrimination rather than encouraging it, and the movement in fact showed that longstanding, discriminatory policies could be changed.