TX History 8.1-8.2 Test

Who is described as:
* Mexican-American WWII veteran
* creator of the American GI Forum
* pushed for the equality of ALL veterans

• Hector P. Garcia
• James L. Farmer
• Lulu Belle Madison White
• Barbara Jordan

Who is described as:
* one of the founders of CORE - the Congress of Racial Equality
* an organizer of the "Freedom Riders"

• James L. Farmer
• Hector P. Garcia
• Lulu Belle Madison White
• Barbara Jordan

Who is described as:
* first woman elected to the TX state Senate
* first African American from the South elected to Congress
* strong supporter of Civil Rights

• Barbara Jordan
• Lulu Belle Madison White
• Ladybird Johnson
• Rebekah Jones

What did Lulu Belle Madison White do for her fellow Texans?
[hint:  just like Hector Garcia and James Farmer]

• she fought for the political and social rights of minorities in Texas
• she helped invent the world's first passenger airplane
• she was a successful superintendent of public schools in Texas
• she got a law degree and helped free wrongfully convicted prisoners

Which of these is the best summary for the Civil Rights movement?

• an effort to end racial discrimination and segregation
• business leaders creating more jobs to improve the economy
• women protesting for their right to vote [known as suffrage]
• police and fire fighters recruiting civilians to help them

Which of these events helped increase the number of African Americans who voted during this time period?

• the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• the Voting Rights Act of 1965
• the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s
• ALL of these answers are correct

What did all of these people have in common?
Hector P. Garcia
James L. Farmer
Lulu Belle Madison White
Barbara Jordan

• they all worked to improve the lives of minorities in Texas
• they were all members of the first astronaut class
• they each led Texan companies to huge profits in the 1980s
• they all invented something that greatly impacted Texas history

Beginning in the 1990's, political power in Texas shifted toward-

• Republican Party dominance
• Brenham Party
• Noah Party
• Libertarian Party

Texas women won full voting rights in 1919 as a direct result of which measure?

• Lobbying by Minnie Fisher Cunningham
• A Texas referendum
• Ratification of the Nineteenth Admendment
• CJ Dear Admendment

Which group advocated for Hispanic-Americans during the Civil Rights Movement?

• NAACP
• LULAC
• Freedom Riders
• Topeka Board of Education