Use the following excerpt from the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to answer the following question:

"(2) No person acting under [the] law shall --"
"...(B) deny the right of any individual to vote in any Federal election because of an error or omission on any record or paper relating to... voting, if such error or omission is not material in determining whether such individual is qualified... to vote..."
"...(C) employ any literacy test as a qualification for voting in any Federal election..."
"SEC. 703. (a) It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer --"
"(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual... because of such individual's race, color, sex, or national origin..."

In the excerpt above, what two specific activities are protected from discrimination? (1 point)

a) voting and housing
b) employment and housing
c) reading and working
voting and employment

The answer is
d) voting and employment
The first lines talk about giving the right to vote to an individual despite making a mistake in trying to vote as long as his mistake is not a result of his inability to select a proper candidate
The last lines talk about giving equal opportunity to an individual to be hired for a job regardless of race, sex or national origin.

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