Civil Rights

All of the following groups were discriminated against in the 50's and 60's EXCEPT (7.7F)

• Women

• Hispanic and Latino

• African Americans

• White men

Which civil rights leader and native Texan formed the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and worked to bring an end to racial segregation in the United States through nonviolent actions like the Freedom Rides? (7.7D)

• Hector P. Garcia

• Medgar Evers

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• James Farmer, Jr.

Which U.S. president from Texas best reflected strong leadership during the Civil Rights Movement ? (7.18A)

• Lyndon B. Johnson

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• George W. Bush (43rd president)

• George H.W. Bush (41st president)

In the 1880s and 1890s, the political strength of minorities in Texas was REDUCED using all of the following tactics EXCEPT — (7.7D)

• Threats

• Bribery

• poll taxes

• none of the above

Use the information and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. (7.18B)

District Judge of the 103rd Judicial District

Associate Justice of 13th Court of Appeals

Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court

Who is described above?

• James A. Baker, III

• Barbara Jordan

• Raymond L. Telles

• Raul A. Gonzalez, Jr.

Which of the following had the STRONGEST influence on Hector P. Garcia's civil rights work in Texas? (7.7D)

• New Deal

• World War II

• 19th Amendment

• Brown v. Board of Education

Which of the following was a Federal Law that banned segregation and discrimination based on race, sex, religion or national origin? (7.7D)

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• LULAC

• NAACP

How do the actions of Hector Garcia characterize the age of Civil Rights? (7.7D)

• His long service as leader of the Republican Party in Texas led to an expansion of conservatism in government.

• His introduction of numerous education bills to Congress led to expanded educational opportunities for minorities.

• His actions as the U.S. Postmaster General led to greater diversity and recognition of ethnic groups and women on stamps.

• His founding of the American G.I. Forum led to expanded rights and liberties for Hispanic Americans.

James Farmer was a well known — (7.18B)

• Anglo-American U.S. Senator

• African-American civil rights leader

• Mexican-American state legislator

• Anglo-American G.I. Forum organizer

All of the following describe Barbara Jordan EXCEPT: (7.18B)

• 1st African American elected to the Texas State Senate since 1883

• member of the Congressional Watergate Hearings

• 1st female elected governor of Texas

• keynote speaker at the 1976 Democratic National Convention