Final answer:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not make it legal to establish quotas for minority hiring but it did encourage hiring minorities, created the EEOC, and outlawed discrimination in employment and public accommodations.Option D is the correct answer.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 caused all of the following except making it legal to establish quotas for minority hiring. This landmark legislation encouraged employers to consider hiring minorities, created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and made it illegal to discriminate against people of different races, colors, religions, sex, or national origins. It also outlawed segregation in public accommodations and encouraged integration in education. However, the Act itself did not make it legal to establish strict quotas for minority hiring. Such practices, known as affirmative action, were actions and policies that developed subsequently and were separate from the Act's prohibition against discrimination.
Affirmative action sought to proactively counteract historical patterns of discrimination, but was often controversial, being criticized as reverse discrimination. Still, it took hold in various forms throughout the country, often going beyond the requirements of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This Act was a significant step towards ensuring civil rights, but while it required employers not to discriminate, it did not authorize the establishment of hiring quotas based on race or other protected characteristics, which would only come into consideration with later legal and policy developments.