What action did storm thurmond take during the debate over the civil rights act of 1964? a. he broke with the "southern bloc" and supported the law b. he convinced president johnson to veto the bill. c. he start a filibuster to delay a vote on the law. d. he abstained from the vote of protest

Among the options given on the question the correct answer is option C.

He helped start a filibuster to delay a vote on the law.

Explanation: The pass of Civil Right Act in 1964 is on of the milestone legislation in the history of USA. Through this bill the equal right the African American was established and the segregation law came to an end.

However the enacting procedure of the bill and ratification of the act in the Congress was not so smooth. The act faced a strong oppose the Southern senator who were strongly conservative and supported the segregation law strongly.

Filibuster is one of their effort to make delay to get the act into voting.  Senators Richard Russell, Thurmond, Robert Byrd, William Fulbright and Sam Ervin. Russell started the filibuster in late March 1964, and it would last for 60 working days in the Senate.

The goal of the Filibuster was to make delay on the voting process of the bill.

in which two ways were the northeast woodland indians and the southeast indians similar? both collaborated to form the iroquois confederacy. both cultivated the crops of corn, beans, and squash. both lived in rich environments of swamps and rivers. both lived in tree-bark dwellings called wigwams. both expected men to hunt, while women farmed.