7th-Civil+Rights+Acts

//**__ Civil Rights Acts __**//

__**Civil Rights Act of 1866**__: A federal law in the U.S, this act made everyone born in the United States except the native americans become full citizens of the United States. This law was vetoed by president Andrew Johnson then the veto was overridden in congress. This act is still in affect as of today! This act was the first major statue in the civil rights movement!!!!


 * __Civil Rights Act of 1871__**: This act was enacted after the American Civil War. This act was used to protect freedmen from the discrimination of the Ku Klux Klan. This act has only had minor changes done to it. For most of this acts history it has had very little effect on discrimination.This act has been in effect for 139 years. This act now protects the rights of the deprived.

__**Civil Rights Act of 1875**__: This act was proposed by a republican senator named Charles Sumner and Rebuplican Congressman named Benjamin F. Butler. This act was passed in February, 1875 by congress. Later, the act was completely passed by president Grant March 1, 1875. This act made sure that everyone, regardless of race was able to have the same treatment in public.

__**Civil Rights Act of 1957**__: This act was for the civil rights act right to vote. This act was the first right enacted by Congress. This act proposed the longest one-person filibuster. This filibuster lasted 24 hours and 18 minutes. Many segregationists wanted to delay this bill. At this time is when Martin Luther King Jr. started to speak about what he thaught of the discrimination of colored people.

__**Civil Rights Act of 1960**__: This act punished anyone who obstructed somebody's attempt to register or vote. This act was debated over the passage of the bill which started this debate on February 29, 1960.This debate ended on March 2, 1960. After a 15 minute break the senate sat there for 82 hours. The act was finally signed by President Dwight Eisenhower which then of course made this act a law.

__**Civil Rights Act of 1964**__: This act extended voting rights, and it also outlawed racial segregation inside schools. This act also outlawed racial segregation in the public. Once this act was implemented its attemppts were far reaching, also it had huge long-term impacts on the country. This act prohibited segregation and discrimination in may places such as public facilities, in government, and also in employment!!!!!!!!!

__**Civil Rights Act of 1968**__: This act was made to follow up to the act of 1964. As the act of 1866 prohibited discrimination inside of houses, there was no federal enforcement provisions. This act expanded previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning sale, rental, and financing of houses based on race, religion, national origin, and during 1974, gender, as of 1988, this act also protects the disabled and family with children.

__**Civil Rights Act of 1991**__: This was the first act that represented effort since the act of 1964 passed in congress. This act was meant to modify some of the basic procedural and substantive rights made by the federal law during employment discrimination cases. This Civil Rights Act provided the right to trial by jury when discrimination was introduced.