The sign of the Entered Apprentice alludes to the penalty of the Entered Apprentice's obligation. The sign is made by drawing the right hand rapidly across the neck as shown on the left. Explanation of the Entered Apprentice sign: Draw the right hand rapidly across the neck as represented and drop the arm to the side.
The ACT was first administered in the year 1959. It was made as a competitor to the SAT by Everett Franklin Lindquist.
On July 2, 1964--a little over a year after President Kennedy had sent it to Congress--the Civil Rights Act was enacted into law. It had been skillfully pushed through Congress by President Lyndon Johnson, who took office after Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963.