Question

What event led many Georgians to switch their political affiliation from Democrat to

Republican in 1964?

a) the support of most white Georgians for civil rights

b) the nomination of Barry Goldwater, a conservative Republican

c) the election of John Kennedy, a liberal Democrat

d) the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Answer 1

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a significant event in converting the Deep South to the Republican Party; in that year most Senatorial Republicans supported the Act (most of the opposition came from Southern Democrats)