Eisenhower told District of Columbia officials to make Washington a model for the rest of the country in integrating black and white public school children. He proposed to Congress the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and of 1960 and signed those acts into law. The 1957 act for the first time established a permanent civil rights office inside the Justice Department and a Civil Rights Commission to hear testimony about abuses of voting rights. Although both acts were much weaker than subsequent civil rights legislation, they constituted the first significant civil rights acts since 1875. COUNT 5
QSN1 Who did Eisenhower tell DC officials to integrate? ANS1 school children QSN2 What was the first civil rights act proposed to Congress by Eisenhower? ANS2 Civil Rights Act of 1957 QSN3 In what year did Eisenhower propose his second civil rights act? ANS3 1960 QSN4 What sort of commission did the Civil Rights Act of 1957 establish? ANS4 Civil Rights Commission QSN5 Under the Civil Rights Act of 1957, what federal department contained a civil rights office? ANS5 Justice