PART A: Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text? A. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was notable for being the first major government action taken to address discrimination on the basis of race.

B. While state governments were overwhelmingly supportive of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the federal government continued to obstruct the progress of any legislation.

C. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 successfully ended racial discrimination, but people continued to experience discrimination based on other identifying traits.

D. The important protections promised by Civil Rights Act of 1964 were the result of significant activism by advocates, as well as the leadership of elected officials.

Commonlit: The Civil Rights Act of 1964

C

because it ended the racial discrimination

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war

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