Multiple choice

Which helped move civil rights legislation forward in an effort to bring equality to America?

  1. Lyndon B. Johnson

  2. Harry S. Truman

  3. John F. Kennedy

  4. Richard M. Nixon

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Explanation

Lyndon Johnson pushed through the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, using his political skill after Kennedy's assassination. Truman desegregated the military, while Kennedy proposed civil rights legislation that Johnson passed after his death.