3. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race. However,
efforts led by civil rights organizations to register black voters were met with fierce resistance in
southern states. In Alabama's Dallas County, the local county sherriff had led a steadfast
opposition to black voter registration drives. As a result, only 2 percent of Selma’s eligible black
voters had managed to register. What can be concluded about the South's reaction to the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 based on this information from the text?
A. The South was very supportive of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
B. The South was very resistant to the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
C. The South was uninterested in the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
D. The South was skeptical about the Civil Rights Act in 1964.

1. ford: gerald ford´s presidency, from 1974 to 1977, faced high inflation, named it public enemy nº1, and created the win program (whip inflation now).

2. carter: president from 1977 to 1981, carter had controversial poitions over abortion, but yet, he enforce the roe vs wade decision, which had pro-choice content.

3. reagan. for his eloquency and powerful speeches in his mandates, from 1981 to 1989, reagan earned this nickname, “the great communicator” .

4. george h w bush: despite many presidents had important roles in managing and trying to end the cold war, it was in bush sr's mandate that the berlin wall was materially destroyed, and he was visited by gorbachev in the uspresident from 1989 to 1993.

5. clinton: defense of marriage act. clinton signed this controvesial act, which defined marriage and spouses in strict heterosexual perspective, that was later declard unconstitutional by the us supreme court.

6. george w bush: in the begining of his presidency, which lasted until 2009, bush jr faced the greatest terrorist attacks in us and probably the worlds history, in september, 11 of 2001.

7. obama: in attempts to cease a great economical crisis, barack obama signed the controversial recovery act in february 2009, which handled 780-billion dollars.

the government closely monitored its finances to avoid another financial collapse.

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