Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

question 105

Multiple Choice

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

• A)was a valuable tool for the women's movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it prohibited gender discrimination.
• B)was a valuable tool for the women's movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it added the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
• C)significantly hurt the women's movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it only outlawed discrimination on the basis of race.
• D)significantly hurt the women's movement in the 1960s and 1970s because it required the government to treat men and women differently in many areas of public policy.

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