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4. Which president pushed through Congress the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

A. John F. Kennedy
B. Richard Nixon
C. Dwight Eisenhower
D. Lyndon Johnson

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D.Lyndon Johnson

He signed it with at least 75 pens, which he then handed out to the congressional supporters of the bill.
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D. Lyndon Johnson

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with at least 75 pens, which he handed out to congressional supporters of the bill such as Hubert Humphrey and Everett Dirksen and to civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Roy Wilkins.
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