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what action did president johnson take regarding president kennedy’s proposed civil rights act?
he vetoed the bill after congress passed it.
he convinced many legislators to vote against it.
he rewrote it to make its requirements stricter.
he used public sympathy to push it through congress.
After President Kennedy's assassination, President Johnson leveraged the public's sympathy and his legislative skills to advocate strongly for Kennedy's proposed Civil Rights Act, ultimately securing its passage through Congress in 1964. The other options are incorrect: Johnson did not veto, oppose, or rewrite the bill to make it stricter.
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He used public sympathy to push it through Congress.