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Which of the following items helped President Johnson persuade Congress to pass Kennedy’s civil rights legislation?
proposed income tax cuts

economic depression

civil rights protests

public sympathy

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MrDonovan

The correct answer is public sympathy.

President Lyndon B Johnson convinced the US Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after Kennedy's assassination. This civil rights legislation was one of the bills Kennedy was working on before his untimely death. Johnson spoke to the American public and Congress about how this was one of Kennedy's goals and that we should pass this bill in his honor.

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The item that helped Johnson to persuade Congress to pass the Kennedy's Civil Rights Legislation was public sympathy.

How did Johnson convince Congress to pass Civil RIghts Legislation?

After President Kennedy died, there was a lot of public sympathy for his administration and the things he stood for.

Coupled with that was the violence meted out to Civil Rights activists. Both these things led to public sympathy for civil rights legislation which President Johnson leveraged on to get legislation passed.

Find out more on President Johnson at https://brainly.com/question/3694688.

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