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Why was the Civil Rights Act of 1957 significant?

A. It gave the Attorney General’s the power to investigate civil rights cases.
B. It mandated the desegregation of all public schools
C. It forces states to repeal laws that restricted voting rights
D. It prohibited states from forcefully stopping nonviolent demonstrations

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the first federal civil rights legislation to be passed since 1875, authorized the federal government to take legal measures to prevent a citizen from being denied voting rights.
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