Question

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 ________
A. Provided the Justice Department with new power to desegregate schools in the South.
B. Created the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
C. Established a permanent Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department.
D. Allowed the federal government to suspend educational funding for southern schools that were not fully integrated.
E. Was vetoed by President Eisenhower, but congress overrode his veto to ensure his passage.

Answer 1

Hint: The Civil Rights Act of 1957 attempted to secure the civil rights of the people within the United States. It was enacted by the 85th Congress of the United States.

Complete answer:
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 provided the Justice Department with new power to desegregate schools in the South. The bill was passed by the 85th Congress and signed by President Dwight.D. Eisenhower on 9th September 1957. Following the signing of the bill, there were massive protests from the Southern population of the whites. Massive resistance took place and violence against blacks were carried out.
The Federal troops had to be deployed to bring the situation under control that had been continuing since the ‘Reconstruction Era’. Activists were assaulted, schools and churches were being burned down. Only 20% of the Black population could vote. In Spite of being the majority in most southern countries, most Blacks had been eliminated by unfair means and discrimination from the voter registration rules. Although the Civil Rights did not establish any new rights for the African American, it gave them an increase in voting rights and created the Civil Rights Department in the Justice Department.

Therefore, Option C is the right answer.

Note: The people of the South massively opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. It received appreciation from the North. The bill was passed by a majority of votes in both the House of Representatives. This was a major achievement because not a single Civil Rights Act was passed by the Senators in the South since 1875.