Tx History Urban and Civil Rights

Texas Urban Growth and Civil Rights

Texas Enters The modern era

Today’s focus: Road transportation

PosT-WWII TransPorTaTIon In Texas -by The numbers

 As automobiles became more popular, road problems grew

 Road improvements made them safer and enabled speedy shipment of

products to markets

 First improvement: paving rural roads

 Texas highway commission paved 7500 miles of rural roads in 1945

 1956 National System of Interstate highways created

 Federal government paid 90% of cost for 40,000 miles of roads linking major

cities in the U.S.

 Texas got 3200 miles of those roads, more than any other state

TransPorTaTIon

Interstate
shield

Multiple Choice

Which of the following choices correctly answers both questions? (questions located in the picture)

• BL40, 27, County Highway

• 40, 335, 136

• 40, BL40, County Highway

• 40, BL40, 9

Which of the following choices
correctly answers both questions

A. BL40, 27, County Highway

B. 40, 335, 136

C. 40, BL40, County Highway

D. 40, BL40, 9

NOTES
TO DO
PROJECTS
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READING

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WEEK OF:

4.09

Civil Rights and
Equal Rights,
Part 2
-Assessment

4.09

Civil Rights and
Equal Rights,
Part 2
-Lesson Intro
-Check your
reading

4.09

Civil Rights
and Equal
Rights, Part 1
-Lesson Intro
-Check your
reading

4.04

The Home
Front 2
-Assessment

4.04

The Home
Front 2
-Lesson Intro
-Check your
reading

April 24th- 28th

urban groWTh

After WWII, over half of all Texans lived in urban areas (cities)

Improvements in technology and growth in industries spurred

growth in cities

1948, Houston one of the fastest growing cities in the country

(space and petroleum industries)

It was a prosperous time and cities were bursting at the seams

Birth rate jumped (1946-1964, baby boom) suburbs started to pop

up

Multiple Choice

What was the fastest-growing city in Texas during this time?

• Dallas

• San Antonio

• El Paso

• Houston

urban groWTh = groWIng PaIns

As people left cities to live in suburbs, life in cities became

unpleasant

Lack of resources and discrimination left minorities living in cities

without access to good jobs

City dwellers had lower paying jobs

Lower pay=lower tax revenue=fewer city services

Fewer police and firefighters=more crime=unsafe conditions

Multiple Select

Why were people leaving cities for the suburbs? (click all that apply)

• Discrimination against minorities

• Cities have more crime

• Lower paying jobs in cities

• Not a lot of city services

CIvIl rIghTs – ThIngs ThaT needed To be fIxed

Equal access to:

Education
Health care
Housing
Voting rights
Jobs
Services (restaurants, hotels, etc.)

CIvIl rIghTs-ImPorTanT legIslaTIon, ConsTITuTIonal

amendmenTs, and CourT rulIngs

Civil Rights Act of 1964- This new law made it illegal for restaurants,

hotels, hospitals, and other public places to discriminate against people on
the basis of race.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Brown v Board of Education
Gilmer-Aiken Bills- improved teacher training, raised teacher salaries,

provided textbooks for all students, and required students to attend school
for nine months each year. The bills also set up the Texas Education Agency
to set and review standards for Texas teachers and public schools.

Texas Education Agency
Texas Constitution amended to abolish poll taxes - 1966

Which clause of the 14thamendment
did the Supreme Court rule was
violated?

A. right to life

B. due process

C. equal protection

D. right to property

The modern era: civil rights

Knoledge check!

In 1954, the Supreme
Court ruled that
racial segregation in
public schools
violated the
_____________
clause of the 14th
amendment to the
U.S. Constitution

Which clause of the 14thamendment
did the Supreme Court rule was
violated?

A. right to life

B. due process

C. equal protection

D. right to property

The modern era: civil rights

In 1954, the Supreme
Court ruled that
racial segregation in
public schools
violated the equal
protection clause of
the 14thamendment
to the U.S.
Constitution

CIvIl rIghTs

Multiple Choice

Which issue was debated in Brown v. Board of Education?

• Interstate commerce regulation

• Racial segregation in public schools

• The constitutionality of tariffs

• The status of slaves living in free territories

Which issue was debated in Brown v. Board of
Education?

A. Interstate commerce regulation

A. Racial segregation in public schools

B. The constitutionality of tariffs

C. The status of slaves living in free territories

Texas in the modern era-civil rights 1945-1970

NOTES
TO DO
PROJECTS
OTHER

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

READING

WRITING

LANGUAGE

WEEK OF:

Catch Up

Catch up on all
OMHS work

3.10

Role of
Government,
part 1
-Lesson Intro
-Check your
reading

3.09

The New Deal,
Part 2
--Assessment

3.09

The New
Deal, Part 2
-Lesson Intro
-Check your
reading

3.08

The New Deal,
Part 1
-Lesson Intro
-Check your
reading

April 3rd- 7th